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Curran</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Curran_politician.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/John_Curran_politician.jpg/220px-John_Curran_politician.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/John_Curran_politician.jpg/330px-John_Curran_politician.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/John_Curran_politician.jpg 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/32nd_D%C3%A1il" title="32nd Dáil">Chair of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 April 2016 – 10 February 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">New office</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Office abolished</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/Minister_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Minister of State (Ireland)">Minister of State</a></th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th 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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2008–2010</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Children,_Equality,_Disability,_Integration_and_Youth" title="Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth">Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs</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/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">February 2016</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><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">May 2002</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/Dublin_Mid-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Mid-West</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"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-06-17</span>) </span>17 June 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Lucan,_Dublin" title="Lucan, Dublin">Lucan, Dublin</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</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"><a href="/wiki/University_College_Dublin" title="University College Dublin">University College Dublin</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Curran</b> (born 17 June 1960) is an Irish former <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> politician who served as <a href="/wiki/32nd_D%C3%A1il" title="32nd Dáil">Chair of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness</a> from 2016 to 2020 and a <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Minister of State (Ireland)">Minister of State</a> from 2008 to 2011. He served as a <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TD) for the <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Mid-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Mid-West</a> constituency from 2002 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020.<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><p>Following his re-election in <a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">2016</a>, he chaired the all-party Oireachtas Housing and Homelessness Committee. This committee launched their final report on 17 June 2016. </p><p>Curran was elected to <a href="/wiki/South_Dublin_County_Council" title="South Dublin County Council">South Dublin County Council</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1999_Irish_local_elections" title="1999 Irish local elections">1999 local elections</a> representing the <a href="/wiki/Clondalkin" title="Clondalkin">Clondalkin</a>–<a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_Dublin" title="Newcastle, Dublin">Newcastle</a> local electoral area. He was first elected to <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">2002 general election</a> when the constituency was first created. He was re-elected on the first count at the <a href="/wiki/2007_Irish_general_election" title="2007 Irish general election">2007 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 May 2008, shortly after <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cowen" title="Brian Cowen">Brian Cowen</a> became <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a>, he was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Children,_Equality,_Disability,_Integration_and_Youth" title="Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth">Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs</a> with special responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs.<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><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 April 2009, he was reassigned within the same department, and also as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Education" title="Minister of State at the Department of Education">Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Justice" title="Minister of State at the Department of Justice">at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform</a>, with responsibility for integration policy.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 March 2010 he was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_the_Taoiseach" title="Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach">Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach</a> with responsibility as Government <a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip" title="Chief Whip">Chief Whip</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Defence" title="Minister of State at the Department of Defence">Minister of State at the Department of Defence</a>.<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><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> </p><p>He lost his seat at the <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">2011 general election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but regained it in the 2016 general election.<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> He then chaired the All-Party Oireachtas Social Protection Committee. He lost his seat again at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-irishtimes-2020-02-10-ge20-dublin-mid-west-report_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irishtimes-2020-02-10-ge20-dublin-mid-west-report-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-irishtimes-2020-02-10-ge20-dublin-mid-west-results_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irishtimes-2020-02-10-ge20-dublin-mid-west-results-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2022, he was named as one of the members of the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Electoral Commission (Ireland)">Electoral Commission</a> which is due to be 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Devins">Jimmy Devins</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Haughey" title="Seán Haughey">Seán Haughey</a><br />Conor Lenihan<br /><a href="/wiki/John_Moloney_(Irish_politician)" title="John Moloney (Irish politician)">John Moloney (Irish politician)</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Education" title="Minister of State at the Department of Education">Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science</a> </b><br />2009–2010 <br />With: <b> Seán Haughey<br />Conor Lenihan<br />John Moloney </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Seán Haughey<br />Conor Lenihan<br />John Moloney<br /><a href="/wiki/Mary_White_(Green_Party_politician)" title="Mary White (Green Party politician)">Mary White</a></div><i><b>as Ministers of State at the Department of Education and Skills </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Conor Lenihan<br />John Moloney</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Justice" title="Minister of State at the Department of Justice">Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform</a> </b><br />2009–2010 <br />With: <b> John Moloney </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">John Moloney<br /><a href="/wiki/Mary_White_(Green_Party_politician)" title="Mary White (Green Party politician)">Mary White</a></div><i><b>as Ministers of State at the Department of Justice and Law Reform </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Carey" title="Pat Carey">Pat Carey</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> 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