said he worked as a Project Co-ordinator for the National Youth Council of Ireland and the Department of Health, and that he was the author of Drink Awareness for Young People, Ireland's first national alcohol education programme. From 1990 to 1993, Gallagher worked as a full-time political advisor to then Fianna Fáil TD and Minister for Health Rory O'Hanlon. After O'Hanlon lost his cabinet minister position when Albert Reynolds came to power in Fianna Fáil in 1992, Gallagher said that he was an Enterprise Officer for the Blanchardstown Area Development Partnership from 1993 to 1995. In May 1995, aged 32, Gallagher moved to Blackrock in County Louth where he served as the Assistant CEO of the Louth County Enterprise Board. His role was to promote and support the development of micro businesses including the provision of financial support, training and mentoring. As part of this role, he served as a Director of the Louth Tourism Company and Louth Leader Rural Development Agency. Business career Smarthomes Limited (2000–2010) In June 2000, Gallagher, aged 38, left the Louth County Enterprise Board ("LCEB") to set up a company called Home Wiring Systems Limited ("HWSL") with electrical tool-maker, Derek Roddy. HWSL's plan was to provide the electrical systems modern homes needed (e.g. broadband systems, heating systems, alarm systems etc.), and HWSL would be, in effect, an electrical contractor. In 2001, HWSL got a start-up loan of €25,395 from the LCEB. In September 2002, Gallagher and Roddy decided to re-brand HWSL and transferred HWSL into a new limited liability company, called Smarthomes Limited. Smarthomes won business awards, including the Deloitte "Fast 50 Award" in 2005, and Gallagher was a finalist in the 2006 Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year". The company raised €750,000 in loans from Business Expansion Scheme ("BES") investors in 2005, and raised another €830,000 in grant-loans from Irish State agencies during 2004–2007. Smarthomes turnover grew from circa €1 million in 2004, to circa €7 million by 2006, when it made a peak pre-tax profit of circa €500,000, a 7% margin. In December 2006, the then Fianna Fáil Taoiseach Bertie Ahern opened their new offices, at which Gallagher announced he planned to invest €10 million and create 100 jobs. However, in 2007, the business broke–even, and in 2008, the business lost €652,000, and it lost €540,000 in 2009. Despite the losses, filed accounts showed that Gallagher and Roddy drew €542,500 from the