Andrew Boylan is one of Fine Gael's characters. A typical constituency politician, he was also a witty debater in the last Dáil and had some expertise as a heckler.
The 63-year-old farmer from Butlersbridge in Cavan, married with four sons and a daughter, has been a TD for 15 years, but spent most of the last five as a backbencher.
He briefly held the equality and disabilities portfolio, following the death of the party's spokeswoman, Ms Theresa Ahearn, until Mr Michael Noonan was elected leader. But he consistently used the Order of Business to highlight disability as an issue.
A regular contributor to debates, he spoke on national issues and those closer to Cavan-Monaghan, such as when he focused on the lack of a "peace dividend" for Border counties.
His contributions often included a witty take on an issue.
When Fine Gael sought to have the Ansbacher account-holders named, he said the magician Paul Daniels "could not hold a candle to the late Des Traynor, who apparently had the ability to make £1 million disappear before one's eyes only for it to reappear later whenever the donor asked for it back".
He once described the health service as "like a man putting four new tyres on a car when the engine is banjaxed and needs a complete overhaul. That is what the health service needs. It is like an old car that works on a stop-and-go basis."
