John McGuinness (politician)

John McGuinness
McGuinness in 2020
Chair of the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Assumed office
4 April 2016
Preceded byCiarán Lynch
Chair of the Public Accounts Committee
In office
10 March 2011 – 4 April 2016
Preceded byBernard Allen
Succeeded bySeán Fleming
Minister of State
2007–2009Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
June 1997
ConstituencyCarlow–Kilkenny
Personal details
Born (1955-03-15) 15 March 1955 (age 69)[1]
Kilkenny, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
Margaret Redmond
(m. 1991)
Children4
RelativesYvonne McGuinness (niece)
EducationKilkenny Christian Brothers Secondary School
Alma materUniversity College Cork
Websitejohnmcguinness.ie

John James McGuinness (born 15 March 1955) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency since the 1997 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in April 2016. He served as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2011 to 2016 and as a Minister of State from 2007 to 2009.[2]

  1. ^ Tim Ryan (2020). Nealon's Guide to the 33rd Dáil and 26th Seanad and the 2019 Local and European Elections. Grand Canal Publishing.
  2. ^ "John McGuinness". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2009.