Fiona O'Loughlin (born 8 September 1965) is an Irish

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil ( ; ; meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (), is a centre to centre-right political party in Ireland. Founded as a republican party in 1926 by Éamon de ...

politician who has been a

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for the

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since June 2020. She previously served as a

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( ; ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish language, Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The official Engli ...

(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. She was a member of

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from 1999 to 2016. She lost her Dáil seat at the 2020 general election. In April 2020, O'Loughlin was elected as a senator for the

. 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

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. She is the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Education.

References

External links

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