Fiona O'Loughlin (politician)

Senator Fiona O'Loughlin
O'Loughlin in 2025

Deputy leader of the Seanad
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 February 2025
Taoiseach	Micheál Martin
Leader	Seán Kyne
Preceded by	Lisa Chambers
Leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 February 2025
Leader	Micheál Martin
Preceded by	Lisa Chambers
Senator
Incumbent
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	(1965-09-08) 8 September 1965 (age 59) Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Alma mater	Dublin Institute of Technology
Website	fionaoloughlin.ie

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.

References

^ "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.

External links

Fiona O'Loughlin's page on the Fianna Fáil website

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Kildare South constituency

Dáil	Election				Deputy (Party)
28th	1997	Jack Wall (Lab)	Alan Dukes (FG)	Seán Power (FF)	3 seats 1997–2020
29th	2002		Seán Ó Fearghaíl (FF)
30th	2007
31st	2011			Martin Heydon (FG)
32nd	2016	Fiona O'Loughlin (FF)
33rd	2020	Cathal Berry (Ind)				Patricia Ryan (SF)
34th	2024	Mark Wall (Lab)				Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (SF)

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Cathaoirleach Mark Daly (FF) (2020–2022) Jerry Buttimer (FG) (2022–2025) Leader of the Seanad Regina Doherty (FG) (2020–2022) Lisa Chambers (FF) (2022–2025)
Administrative Panel	Garret Ahearn (FG) Martin Conway (FG) Mark Daly (FF) Rebecca Moynihan (Lab) Niall Ó Donnghaile (SF) Fiona O'Loughlin (FF) Diarmuid Wilson (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Niall Blaney (FF) Victor Boyhan (Ind) Lynn Boylan (SF) Paddy Burke (FG) Paul Daly (FF) Michael D'Arcy (FG) Pippa Hackett (GP) Annie Hoey (Lab) Tim Lombard (FG) Eugene Murphy (FF, then Ind) Denis O'Donovan (FF)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Malcolm Byrne (FF) Lisa Chambers (FF) Seán Kyne (FG) John McGahon (FG) Fintan Warfield (SF)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Catherine Ardagh (FF) Frances Black (Ind) Micheál Carrigy (FG) Ollie Crowe (FF) Aidan Davitt (FF) Elisha McCallion (SF) Sharon Keogan (Ind) Mark Wall (Lab) Barry Ward (FG)
Labour Panel	Jerry Buttimer (FG) Shane Cassells (FF) Pat Casey (FF) Gerard Craughwell (Ind) John Cummins (FG) Robbie Gallagher (FF) Paul Gavan (SF) Joe O'Reilly (FG) Pauline O'Reilly (GP) Ned O'Sullivan (FF) Marie Sherlock (Lab)
Dublin University	Ivana Bacik (Lab) David Norris (Ind) Lynn Ruane (Ind)
National University	Alice-Mary Higgins (Ind) Michael McDowell (Ind) Rónán Mullen (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Lorraine Clifford-Lee (FF) Emer Currie (FG) Regina Doherty (FG) Aisling Dolan (FG) Timmy Dooley (FF) Mary Fitzpatrick (FF) Eileen Flynn (Ind) Róisín Garvey (GP) Erin McGreehan (FF) Vincent P. Martin (GP) Mary Seery Kearney (FG)
Elected or appointed later	2021 Maria Byrne (FG) Gerry Horkan (FF) 2022 Tom Clonan (Ind) 2024 Mal O'Hara (GP) Nikki Bradley (FG) 2024 Alan Farrell (FG) Joe Flaherty (FF) Anne Rabbitte (FF)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael SF: Sinn Féin Lab: Labour Party GP: Green Party Ind: Independent

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Cathaoirleach Leader of the Seanad
Administrative Panel	Garret Ahearn (FG) Martin Conway (FG, then Ind) Mark Daly (FF) Eileen Flynn (Ind) Fiona O'Loughlin (FF) Nicole Ryan (SF) Diarmuid Wilson (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Niall Blaney (FF) Victor Boyhan (Ind) Paraic Brady (FG) Maria Byrne (FG) Joanne Collins (SF) Teresa Costello (FF) Paul Daly (FF) Eileen Lynch (FG) P. J. Murphy (FG) Malcolm Noonan (GP) Sarah O'Reilly (Aon)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Cathal Byrne (FG) Joe Conway (Ind) Shane Curley (FF) Seán Kyne (FG) Pauline Tully (SF)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Frances Black (Ind) Ollie Crowe (FF) Aidan Davitt (FF) Mary Fitzpatrick (FF) Laura Harmon (Lab) Garret Kelleher (FG) Sharon Keogan (Ind) Conor Murphy (SF) Linda Nelson Murray (FG)
Labour Panel	Chris Andrews (SF) Pat Casey (FF) Nessa Cosgrove (Lab) Gerard Craughwell (Ind) Mark Duffy (FG) Robbie Gallagher (FF) Mike Kennelly (FG) Maria McCormack (SF) Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (FF) Joe O'Reilly (FG) Patricia Stephenson (SD)
Dublin University	Tom Clonan (Ind) Aubrey McCarthy (Ind) Lynn Ruane (Ind)
National University	Alice-Mary Higgins (Ind) Michael McDowell (Ind) Rónán Mullen (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Manus Boyle (FG) Nikki Bradley (FG) Lorraine Clifford-Lee (FF) Alison Comyn (FF) Joe Flaherty (FF) Imelda Goldsboro (FF) Evanne Ní Chuilinn (FG) Noel O'Donovan (FG) Anne Rabbitte (FF) Dee Ryan (FF) Gareth Scahill (FG)
Aon: Aontú GP: Green Party FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party SD: Social Democrats SF: Sinn Féin Ind: Independent

Fianna Fáil

History

Leadership

Leaders	De Valera Lemass Lynch Haughey Reynolds Ahern Cowen Martin
Deputy leaders	J. Brennan Colley MacSharry Lenihan Snr Wilson Ahern Rourke Cowen Coughlan Hanafin Lenihan Jnr Ó Cuív Calleary Chambers
Seanad leaders	Ryan Snr Lanigan Fallon Wright Cassidy O'Rourke O'Brien Ardagh
Secretaries-General	S. Brennan Wall P. Farrell Dorgan
Leadership elections	1959 (Lemass) 1966 (Lynch) 1979 (Haughey) 1992 (Reynolds) 1994 (Ahern) 2008 (Cowen) 2011 (Martin)

Party structures

Presidential candidates

Presidential candidates (winners in bold)	Seán T. O'Kelly (1945) Éamon de Valera (1959, 1966) Erskine H. Childers (1973) Brian Lenihan Snr (1990) Mary McAleese (1997)
Unopposed presidential candidates with Fianna Fáil support	Douglas Hyde (1938) Seán T. O'Kelly (1952) Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1974) Patrick Hillery (1976, 1983) Mary McAleese (2004)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann	Catherine Ardagh Tom Brabazon Shay Brennan James Browne Mary Butler Malcolm Byrne Thomas Byrne Michael Cahill Dara Calleary Jack Chambers Peter "Chap" Cleere Niall Collins John Connolly Cathal Crowe Martin Daly Aisling Dempsey Cormac Devlin Albert Dolan Timmy Dooley Seán Fleming Norma Foley Pat "the Cope" Gallagher John Lahart James Lawless Micheál Martin Paul McAuliffe Charlie McConalogue Tony McCormack Séamus McGrath Erin McGreehan John McGuinness Aindrias Moynihan Michael Moynihan Shane Moynihan Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Darragh O'Brien Jim O'Callaghan Naoise Ó Cearúil James O'Connor Willie O'Dea Seán Ó Fearghaíl Ryan O'Meara Christopher O'Sullivan Pádraig O'Sullivan Eamon Scanlon Brendan Smith Niamh Smyth Robert Troy
Seanad Éireann	Niall Blaney Pat Casey Lorraine Clifford-Lee Alison Comyn Teresa Costello Ollie Crowe Shane Curley Mark Daly Paul Daly Aidan Davitt Mary Fitzpatrick Joe Flaherty Robbie Gallagher Imelda Goldsboro Margaret Murphy O'Mahony Fiona O'Loughlin Anne Rabbitte Dee Ryan Diarmuid Wilson
European Parliament	Barry Andrews Barry Cowen Billy Kelleher Cynthia Ní Mhurchú

Alliances

European	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Renew Europe
International	Liberal International (observer)

References

External links

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