Fiona O'Loughlin | |
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Chair of the Committee on Education and Social Protection | |
In office 4 April 2016 – 10 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Joanna Tuffy |
Succeeded by | Denis Naughten |
Senator | |
Assumed office 29 June 2020 | |
Constituency | Administrative Panel |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 2016 – February 2020 | |
Constituency | Kildare South |
Personal details | |
Born | Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland | 8 September 1965
Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
Website | fionaoloughlin |
Fiona O'Loughlin (born 8 September 1965) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Senator for the Administrative Panel since June 2020. She previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency from 2016 to 2020. She also served as Chair of the Committee on Education and Social Protection from 2016 to 2020.[1][2]
She was a member of Kildare County Council from 1999 to 2016.[3]
She lost her Dáil seat at the 2020 general election.[4][5] In April 2020, O'Loughlin was elected as a senator for the Administrative Panel.[6]
In September 2020, she was named as Chairperson of the Irish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[7] She is the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Education.