Fiona O'Loughlin | |
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| Deputy leader of the Seanad | |
| Assumed office 12 February 2025 | |
| Taoiseach | Micheál Martin |
| Leader | Seán Kyne |
| Preceded by | Lisa Chambers |
| Leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad | |
| Assumed office 12 February 2025 | |
| Leader |
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| Preceded by | Lisa Chambers |
| Senator | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2020 | |
| Constituency | Administrative Panel |
| 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 |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 2016 – February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Kildare South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1965 Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland |
| 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] She was an unsuccessful candidate for Kildare South at the 2024 general election.
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.
- ^ "Fiona O'Loughlin". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Election 2016: Fiona O'Loughlin". RTÉ News. 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Fiona O'Loughlin". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Forrest, Conor (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Kildare South results: Fianna Fáil's Fiona O'Loughlin loses seat; Sinn Féin's Patricia Ryan tops poll with Martin Heydon (FG) and Cathal Berry (Ind) taking remaining seats". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Election 2020: Kildare South". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Seanad general election 2020". oireachtas.ie. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Council of Europe (23 April 2024). "O'Loughlin, Fiona - Members Profiles". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Retrieved 23 April 2024.