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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2011</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Foreign_Affairs" title="Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs">Foreign Affairs and Trade</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">February 2011</a> – <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">February 2020</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Limerick_City_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick City (Dáil constituency)">Limerick City</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/1998_Limerick_East_by-election" title="1998 Limerick East by-election">March 1998</a> – <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">February 2011</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Limerick_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick East (Dáil constituency)">Limerick East</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Senator</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 February 1993 – 17 September 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_Panel" title="Administrative Panel">Administrative Panel</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Janice Gale</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-12-06</span>) </span>6 December 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Clonlara" title="Clonlara">Clonlara</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">County Clare</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Paul O'Sullivan</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1990)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Villiers_School" title="Villiers School">Villiers School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin" title="Trinity College Dublin">Trinity College Dublin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/University_College_Cork" title="University College Cork">University College Cork</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jan O'Sullivan</b> (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Gale</span>; born 6 December 1950) is an Irish former <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Education (Ireland)">Minister for Education and Skills</a> from 2014 to 2016 and as a <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Minister of State (Ireland)">Minister of State</a> from 2011 to 2014. She served as a <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TD) for the <a href="/wiki/Limerick_City_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick City (Dáil constituency)">Limerick City</a> constituency from 2011 to 2020, and previously from 1998 to 2011 for the <a href="/wiki/Limerick_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick East (Dáil constituency)">Limerick East</a> constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_O%27Sullivan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Sullivan was born in <a href="/wiki/Clonlara" title="Clonlara">Clonlara</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">County Clare</a>, in 1950. She was educated at <a href="/wiki/Villiers_School" title="Villiers School">Villiers School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a>, where her father was a journalist. After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin" title="Trinity College Dublin">Trinity College Dublin</a>, she took a Higher Diploma in Education at <a href="/wiki/University_College_Cork" title="University College Cork">University College Cork</a>. After working as a teacher for a short period of time, she studied as a Montessori teacher<sup id="cite_ref-McNamara_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNamara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while living in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. After returning to Ireland, in the late 1970s, O'Sullivan helped to run Limerick's <a href="/wiki/Family_planning" title="Family planning">family planning</a> clinic. </p><p>A member of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a>, she married Paul O'Sullivan, a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Ireland" title="Catholic Church in Ireland">Catholic</a> and a <a href="/wiki/General_practitioner" title="General practitioner">GP</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they have one daughter and one son.<sup id="cite_ref-McNamara_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNamara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She spent time at home while having her children and once they were in school she ran a playgroup in the mornings, spent time with the children in the afternoon and did political work in the evenings.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_db_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro_db-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_O%27Sullivan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_Socialist:_1982–1990"><span id="Democratic_Socialist:_1982.E2.80.931990"></span>Democratic Socialist: 1982–1990</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_O%27Sullivan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Democratic Socialist: 1982–1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1982, O'Sullivan joined the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)">Democratic Socialist Party</a> (DSP), a small party founded by Limerick TD <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kemmy" title="Jim Kemmy">Jim Kemmy</a>, who had previously been a members of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a>. There had been no political tradition in her family – her parents had supported different parties – and her choice of party was based on her support for Kemmy's anti-nationalist stance on Northern Ireland, and his advocacy of family planning services and a <a href="/wiki/Pro-choice" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-choice">pro-choice</a> approach to abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_db_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro_db-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Family planning was deeply controversial in Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s, particularly in Limerick, where Kemmy had lost his Dáil seat at the <a href="/wiki/November_1982_Irish_general_election" title="November 1982 Irish general election">November 1982 general election</a>, after being denounced by the Catholic Church for his opposition to the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland</a>. Those such as O'Sullivan who were involved in the family planning services which Kemmy had helped found were labelled "Kemmy's Femmies".<sup id="cite_ref-McNamara_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNamara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Sullivan was elected to <a href="/wiki/Limerick_City_Council" title="Limerick City Council">Limerick City Council</a> in 1985, she also served as a member of the Mid-Western Health Board from 1991 to 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-LabourBio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LabourBio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Labour:_1990s">Labour: 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_O%27Sullivan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Labour: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Sullivan joined the Labour Party when the DSP merged with Labour in 1990, having been one of the DSP's negotiators in the merger discussions.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_db_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro_db-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/1992_Irish_general_election" title="1992 Irish general election">1992 general election</a>, as the running-mate of the DSP's founder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kemmy" title="Jim Kemmy">Jim Kemmy</a>, she narrowly missed winning a second seat for Labour in <a href="/wiki/Limerick_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick East (Dáil constituency)">Limerick East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993, she was elected to the <a href="/wiki/20th_Seanad" title="20th Seanad">20th Seanad</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_Panel" title="Administrative Panel">Administrative Panel</a>, and became leader of the Labour group in <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McNamara_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNamara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1993 to 1994, O'Sullivan was <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Limerick" title="Mayor of Limerick">Mayor of Limerick</a>. Her religion twice became an issue in 1994, when she was prevented from opening a <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Christian_Brothers" title="Congregation of Christian Brothers">Christian Brothers</a> School and from reading a lesson at a mass for Limerick's civic week. </p><p>O'Sullivan was unsuccessful again at the <a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_general_election" title="1997 Irish general election">1997 general election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but after Kemmy's death in September 1997, she was selected as the Labour Party candidate for the <a href="/wiki/1998_Limerick_East_by-election" title="1998 Limerick East by-election">by-election in March 1998</a>. She held the seat in a close three-way contest, becoming the first female TD from <a href="/wiki/County_Limerick" title="County Limerick">County Limerick</a> since <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_O%27Callaghan" title="Kathleen O'Callaghan">Kathleen O'Callaghan</a> in 1921. Both the <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> candidates in the by-election were also women.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Labour:_2000s">Labour: 2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_O%27Sullivan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Labour: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Sullivan was re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_Irish_general_election" title="2007 Irish general election">2007</a> and <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">2011</a> general elections, and at the <a href="/wiki/1999_Irish_local_elections" title="1999 Irish local elections">1999 local elections</a> became Limerick's first <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">alderwoman</a> (as well as its last, as the title was abolished by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_2001" title="Local Government Act 2001">Local Government Act 2001</a>). </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/28th_D%C3%A1il" title="28th Dáil">28th Dáil</a>, she was the Labour Party Spokesperson on <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Ireland)" title="Department of Justice (Ireland)">Justice and Equality</a> and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Women's Rights.<sup id="cite_ref-McNamara_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNamara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/29th_D%C3%A1il" title="29th Dáil">29th Dáil</a>, she was vice-chair of both the Dáil Select Committee on Education and Science and the Joint Committee on Education and Science,<sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as her party's spokesperson on Education and Science.<sup id="cite_ref-LabourBio_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LabourBio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Labour's disappointing performance at the 2007 general election, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Rabbitte" title="Pat Rabbitte">Pat Rabbitte</a> resigned as leader and the outgoing deputy leader, <a href="/wiki/Liz_McManus" title="Liz McManus">Liz McManus</a>, did not seek re-election. <a href="/wiki/Eamon_Gilmore" title="Eamon Gilmore">Eamon Gilmore</a> was elected unopposed as leader,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Sullivan stood for the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_leader" title="Deputy leader">deputy leadership</a>, and was defeated by Dublin West TD <a href="/wiki/Joan_Burton" title="Joan Burton">Joan Burton</a>, by 1,480 votes to 1,276.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a frontbench reshuffle on 16 September 2007, appointed O'Sullivan to the role of Spokesperson for <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Health_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Health (Ireland)">Health</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government:_2011–2016"><span id="Government:_2011.E2.80.932016"></span>Government: 2011–2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_O%27Sullivan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government: 2011–2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_O%27Sullivan_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Jan_O%27Sullivan_cropped.jpg/200px-Jan_O%27Sullivan_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="354" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Jan_O%27Sullivan_cropped.jpg/300px-Jan_O%27Sullivan_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Jan_O%27Sullivan_cropped.jpg/400px-Jan_O%27Sullivan_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="495" data-file-height="876" /></a><figcaption>O'Sullivan in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>On 10 March 2011, she was appointed by the <a href="/wiki/29th_Government_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="29th Government of Ireland">Fine Gael–Labour government</a> as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Foreign_Affairs" title="Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs">Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade</a> with special responsibility for Trade and Development.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 December 2011, she was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Housing,_Local_Government_and_Heritage" title="Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage">Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government</a> with special responsibility for Housing and Planning.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She attended meetings of the cabinet, a position described as a "super junior" minister.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2014, she was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Education (Ireland)">Minister for Education and Skills</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She continued the promotion of plurality in a church-dominated system by divesting schools of church patronage, and announced new multi-denominational schools under the patronage divesting process.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2015, the government, with O'Sullivan the minister responsible, confirmed it would lock away for 75 years any statements it received from victims of <a href="/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse">child sexual abuse</a> (almost twice the normal length). This decision was criticised by survivors.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opposition:_2016–2020"><span id="Opposition:_2016.E2.80.932020"></span>Opposition: 2016–2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_O%27Sullivan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Opposition: 2016–2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Sullivan retained her seat in the Dáil, following the <a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">2016 general election</a> in February, one of only seven Labour TDs to be elected. The party did not enter government, though O'Sullivan retained her position as Minister for Education and Skills until <a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_government_formation" title="2016 Irish government formation">talks on government formation</a> had concluded and the formation of a new government on 6 May 2016. </p><p>She lost her seat at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020 general election</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_O%27Sullivan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Jan-O'Sullivan.S.1993-02-17/">"Jan O'Sullivan"</a>. <i>Oireachtas Members Database</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927013129/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Jan-O'Sullivan.S.1993-02-17/">Archived</a> from the original on 27 September 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Statute_Book" title="Irish Statute Book">Irish Statute Book</a> on 3 April 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1220/minister.html">"Jan O'Sullivan named 'super junior' minister"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Raidi%C3%B3_Teilif%C3%ADs_%C3%89ireann" class="mw-redirect" title="Raidió Teilifís Éireann">Raidió Teilifís Éireann</a></i>. 20 December 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120108002450/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1220/minister.html">Archived</a> from the original on 8 January 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Drogheda: Sea Dog Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-913275-06-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-913275-06-8"><bdi>978-1-913275-06-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+woman%27s+place+is+in+the+Cabinet%3A+Women+ministers+in+Irish+governments%2C+1919-2019&rft.place=Drogheda&rft.pub=Sea+Dog+Books&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=978-1-913275-06-8&rft.aulast=McNamara&rft.aufirst=Maedhbh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJan+O%27Sullivan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFÓ_Cionnaith2015" class="citation news cs1">Ó Cionnaith, Fiachra (4 March 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150309010621/http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/75-years-abuse-files-to-be-secret-315901.html">"75 years: Abuse files to be secret"</a>. <i>Irish Examiner</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 March</span> 2015</span>. <q>The decision not to make the files publicly available […] was put forward yesterday by Jan O'Sullivan, the education minister, and will see the files withheld for almost twice as long as State papers are normally kept.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Irish+Examiner&rft.atitle=75+years%3A+Abuse+files+to+be+secret&rft.date=2015-03-04&rft.aulast=%C3%93+Cionnaith&rft.aufirst=Fiachra&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishexaminer.com%2Fireland%2F75-years-abuse-files-to-be-secret-315901.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJan+O%27Sullivan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_O%27Sullivan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External 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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Limerick_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; max-width:95% !important; !important; white-space:normal !important;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Dáil</th> <th>Election</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party) </th></tr> <tr> <td>13th</td> <td>1948 </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit; background-color:#CC0000"></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Keyes" title="Michael Keyes">Michael Keyes</a><br />(Lab) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ryan_(Irish_politician)" title="Robert Ryan (Irish politician)">Robert Ryan</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/James_Reidy" title="James Reidy">James Reidy</a><br />(FG) </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bourke" title="Daniel Bourke">Daniel Bourke</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="11" colspan="2" style="background-color:white" align="center"><i>4 seats<br />1948–1981</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">14th</td> <td>1951 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Tadhg_Crowley" title="Tadhg Crowley">Tadhg Crowley</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> 1952 by-election</i> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/John_Carew_(Irish_politician)" title="John Carew (Irish politician)">John Carew</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td>15th</td> <td>1954 </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Donogh_O%27Malley" title="Donogh O'Malley">Donogh O'Malley</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>16th</td> <td>1957 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#DDDDDD"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Russell_(Irish_politician)" title="Ted Russell (Irish politician)">Ted Russell</a><br />(Ind) </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Clohessy" title="Paddy Clohessy">Paddy Clohessy</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>17th</td> <td>1961 </td> <td rowspan="5" style="color:inherit; background-color:#CC0000"></td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Coughlan" title="Stephen Coughlan">Stephen Coughlan</a><br />(Lab) </td> <td rowspan="9" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Donnell_(politician)" title="Tom O'Donnell (politician)">Tom O'Donnell</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">18th</td> <td>1965 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> 1968 by-election</i> </td> <td rowspan="7" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Desmond_O%27Malley" title="Desmond O'Malley">Desmond O'Malley</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>19th</td> <td>1969 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Herbert" title="Michael Herbert">Michael Herbert</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>20th</td> <td>1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21st</td> <td>1977 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#DDDDDD"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lipper" title="Michael Lipper">Michael Lipper</a><br />(Ind) </td></tr> <tr> <td>22nd</td> <td>1981 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#DDDDDD"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kemmy" title="Jim Kemmy">Jim Kemmy</a><br />(Ind) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peadar_Clohessy" title="Peadar Clohessy">Peadar Clohessy</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="10" style="color:inherit; 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Farrelly</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fitzgerald_(Irish_politician)" title="Tom Fitzgerald (Irish politician)">Tom Fitzgerald</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Kiely" title="Rory Kiely">Rory Kiely</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McGowan_(Irish_politician)" title="Patrick McGowan (Irish politician)">Patrick McGowan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Naughten" title="Liam Naughten">Liam Naughten</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_O%27Brien_(Irish_politician)" title="Francis O'Brien (Irish politician)">Francis O'Brien</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_and_Educational_Panel" title="Cultural and Educational Panel">Cultural and Educational Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Kelly_(politician)" title="Mary Kelly (politician)">Mary Kelly</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Manning" title="Maurice Manning">Maurice Manning</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Mooney" title="Paschal Mooney">Paschal Mooney</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Ormonde" title="Ann Ormonde">Ann Ormonde</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Taylor-Quinn" title="Madeleine Taylor-Quinn">Madeleine Taylor-Quinn</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel" title="Industrial and Commercial Panel">Industrial and Commercial Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bohan" title="Eddie Bohan">Eddie Bohan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_T._Cosgrave" title="Liam T. Cosgrave">Liam T. Cosgrave</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fallon_(politician)" title="Seán Fallon (politician)">Seán Fallon</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Farrell" title="Willie Farrell">Willie Farrell</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Gallagher" title="Ann Gallagher">Ann Gallagher</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Honan" title="Cathy Honan">Cathy Honan</a> (PD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard_(Irish_politician)" title="Michael Howard (Irish politician)">Michael Howard</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Lanigan" title="Mick Lanigan">Mick Lanigan</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Reynolds_(Irish_politician)" title="Gerry Reynolds (Irish politician)">Gerry Reynolds</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Panel" title="Labour Panel">Labour Panel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donie_Cassidy" title="Donie Cassidy">Donie Cassidy</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cotter" title="Bill Cotter">Bill Cotter</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Cregan" title="Denis Cregan">Denis Cregan</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Fahey_(politician)" title="Frank Fahey (politician)">Frank Fahey</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kiely" title="Dan Kiely">Dan Kiely</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Lydon" title="Don Lydon">Don Lydon</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Maloney_(Irish_politician)" title="Seán Maloney (Irish politician)">Seán Maloney</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarlath_McDonagh" title="Jarlath McDonagh">Jarlath McDonagh</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mullooly" title="Brian Mullooly">Brian Mullooly</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Neville" title="Dan Neville">Dan Neville</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sherlock" title="Joe Sherlock">Joe Sherlock</a> (DL)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_University_(constituency)" title="Dublin University (constituency)">Dublin University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Henry_(doctor)" title="Mary Henry (doctor)">Mary Henry</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Norris_(politician)" title="David Norris (politician)">David Norris</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Ross" title="Shane Ross">Shane Ross</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Ireland_(constituency)" title="National University of Ireland (constituency)">National University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Lee_(historian)" title="J. J. Lee (historian)">J. J. Lee</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_O%27Toole" title="Joe O'Toole">Joe O'Toole</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feargal_Quinn" title="Feargal Quinn">Feargal Quinn</a> (Ind)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nominated_members_of_Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Nominated members of Seanad Éireann">Nominated by the Taoiseach</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Byrne_(politician)" title="Seán Byrne (politician)">Seán Byrne</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cashin" title="Bill Cashin">Bill Cashin</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Crowley" title="Brian Crowley">Brian Crowley</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hillery" title="Brian Hillery">Brian Hillery</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Kelleher" title="Billy Kelleher">Billy Kelleher</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Magner" title="Pat Magner">Pat Magner</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_McGennis" title="Marian McGennis">Marian McGennis</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Townsend_(Irish_politician)" title="Jim Townsend (Irish politician)">Jim Townsend</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Wall_(politician)" title="Jack Wall (politician)">Jack Wall</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Wilson_(peace_campaigner)" title="Gordon Wilson (peace campaigner)">Gordon Wilson</a> (Ind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._V._Wright" title="G. V. Wright">G. V. Wright</a> (FF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elected or nominated later</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>1994</b> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Haughey,_Baron_Ballyedmond" title="Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond">Edward Haughey</a> (FF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Mulcahy_(politician)" title="Michael Mulcahy (politician)">Michael Mulcahy</a> (FF)</li> <li><b>1995</b> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Hayes_(politician)" title="Brian Hayes (politician)">Brian Hayes</a> (FG)</li> <li><b>1996</b> <a href="/wiki/Sam_McAughtry" title="Sam McAughtry">Sam McAughtry</a> (Ind)</li> <li><b>Jan. 1997</b> <a href="/wiki/Denis_Naughten" title="Denis Naughten">Denis Naughten</a> (FG)</li> <li><b>June 1997</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Berkery" title="Tom Berkery">Tom Berkery</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niamh_Bhreathnach" title="Niamh Bhreathnach">Niamh Bhreathnach</a> (Lab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niamh_Cosgrave" title="Niamh Cosgrave">Niamh Cosgrave</a> (FG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Enright_(politician)" title="Michael Enright (politician)">Michael Enright</a> (DL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aidan_O%27Connor_(politician)" title="Aidan O'Connor (politician)">Aidan O'Connor</a> (FG)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>FF: <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></li> <li>FG: <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a></li> <li>Lab: <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a></li> <li>PD: <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a></li> <li>DL: <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a></li> <li>Ind: <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Connolly" title="James Connolly">James Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Larkin" title="James Larkin">James Larkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_O%27Brien_(trade_unionist)" title="William O'Brien (trade unionist)">William O'Brien</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CC0000;color:white;;width:1%">Associated organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Left (Ireland)">Democratic Left</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)">Democratic Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Land_and_Labour_Association" title="Irish Land and Labour Association">Irish Land and Labour Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Worker_League" title="Irish Worker League">Irish Worker League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Militant Tendency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="National Labour Party (Ireland)">National Labour Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Labour_Party" title="Republican Labour Party">Republican Labour Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Labour Party (Ireland)">Socialist Labour Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Labour_Party_(Ireland)_banner.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Labour_Party_%28Ireland%29_banner.png/150px-Labour_Party_%28Ireland%29_banner.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="375" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Johnson_(Irish_politician)" title="Thomas Johnson (Irish politician)">Thomas Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._O%27Connell" title="Thomas J. O'Connell">Thomas J. O'Connell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Norton" title="William Norton">William Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Corish" title="Brendan Corish">Brendan Corish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Cluskey" title="Frank Cluskey">Frank Cluskey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Leary_(politician)" title="Michael O'Leary (politician)">Michael O'Leary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Spring" title="Dick Spring">Dick Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn" title="Ruairi Quinn">Ruairi Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Rabbitte" title="Pat Rabbitte">Pat Rabbitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eamon_Gilmore" title="Eamon Gilmore">Eamon Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Burton" title="Joan Burton">Joan Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Howlin" title="Brendan Howlin">Brendan Howlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kelly_(politician)" title="Alan Kelly (politician)">Alan Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Ivana Bacik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CC0000;color:white;">Deputy leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Desmond" title="Barry Desmond">Barry Desmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn" title="Ruairi Quinn">Ruairi Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Howlin" title="Brendan Howlin">Brendan Howlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_McManus" title="Liz McManus">Liz McManus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Burton" title="Joan Burton">Joan Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kelly_(politician)" title="Alan Kelly (politician)">Alan Kelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CC0000;color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann"><span style="color:white;">Seanad leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ferris_(politician)" title="Michael Ferris (politician)">Michael Ferris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Harte_(politician)" title="Jack Harte (politician)">Jack Harte</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jan O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Costello_(politician)" title="Joe Costello (politician)">Joe Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Ryan_(Cork_politician)" title="Brendan Ryan (Cork politician)">Brendan Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_White_(Irish_politician)" title="Alex White (Irish politician)">Alex White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Prendergast" title="Phil Prendergast">Phil Prendergast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Ivana Bacik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Moynihan" title="Rebecca Moynihan">Rebecca Moynihan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CC0000;color:white;">Presidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proinsias_De_Rossa" title="Proinsias De Rossa">Proinsias De Rossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins" title="Michael D. Higgins">Michael D. 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title="Alan Kelly (politician)">Alan Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ged_Nash" title="Ged Nash">Ged Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Sherlock" title="Seán Sherlock">Seán Sherlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Smith_(Irish_politician)" title="Duncan Smith (Irish politician)">Duncan Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CC0000;color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann"><span style="color:white;">Seanad Éireann</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Hoey" title="Annie Hoey">Annie Hoey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Moynihan" title="Rebecca Moynihan">Rebecca Moynihan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Sherlock" title="Marie Sherlock">Marie Sherlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wall_(politician)" title="Mark Wall (politician)">Mark Wall</a></li></ul> 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