Bernard Durkan

Bernard Durkan TD
Durkan in 2020
Minister of State
1994–1997	Social Welfare
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office June 1997
Constituency	Kildare North
In office November 1982 – June 1997
In office June 1981 – February 1982
Constituency	Kildare
Senator
In office 13 May 1982 – 24 November 1982
Constituency	Agricultural Panel
Personal details
Born	(1945-03-26) 26 March 1945 (age 79) Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Hilary Spence ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	2

Bernard J. Durkan (born 26 March 1945) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since 1997, and previously from 1982 to 1997 and 1981 to 1982 for the Kildare constituency. He previously served as Minister of State for Social Welfare from 1994 to 1997. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from May 1982 to November 1982.^[1]