Dáil Éireann Members' Directory

Mr. Ruairí Quinn

(02/04/1946 - )

Profession: Architect and Town Planner

Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 26th Dáil)

• House: 31st Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 2011-2016
• Party: Labour Party
• Offices Held:
  • 09 March 2011 - 11 July 2014: Minister for Education and Skills

• House: 30th Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 2007-2011
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 29th Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 2002-2007
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 28th Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 1997-2002
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 27th Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 1992-1997
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 26th Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 1989-1992
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 25th Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 1987-1989
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 24th Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 1982-1987
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 23rd Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 1982-1982
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 15th Seanad
• Constituency: Industrial and Commercial Panel
• Period: 1981-1982
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 21st Dáil
• Constituency: Dublin South-East
• Period: 1977-1981
• Party: Labour_Party

• House: 13th Seanad
• Constituency: Nominated by the Taoiseach
• Period: 1973-1977
• Party: Labour_Party

Address

Leinster House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2

T: (01) 6183434
E: ruairi.quinn@oireachtas.ie
W: http://www.ruairiquinn.ie

Details

Elected to Dáil Éireann 16 June 1977 at a by-election
Defeated in the 1981 Dáil elections
24th Dáil - Minister of State at the Department of the Environment [December 1982 to 13 December 1983]
Minister for Labour [13 December 1983 to 20 January 1987 (resigned)]
Minister for Labour and the Public Service [14 February 1986 to 20 January 1987]
27th Dáil - Minister for Industry and Commerce [12 January 1993 to 17 November 1994 (resigned)] [change of Department name to Enterprise and Employment with effect from 21 January 1993]
Minister for Finance [15 December 1994 to 26 June 1997]
Leader of the Labour Party [November 1997 to October 2002]

13th Seanad - Nominated by the Taoiseach on the 1 July 1976