John Moloney (Irish politician)

Irish former Fianna Fáil politician (born 1953)

2008–2011Disability Issues and Mental HealthTeachta DálaIn office
June 1997 – February 2011ConstituencyLaois–Offaly Personal detailsBorn (1953-06-12) 12 June 1953 (age 71)NationalityIrishPolitical partyFianna FáilSpousePatricia McEvoyChildren3

John Anthony Moloney (born 12 June 1953) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency from 1997 to 2011.[1] He also served as a Minister of State from 2008 to 2011.

An air traffic controller, undertaker and publican before entering politics, he is a former member of Laois County Council and Mountmellick Town Council. Moloney was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1997 general election and retained his seat at the 2002 and 2007 general elections.[2]

On 13 May 2008, shortly after Brian Cowen became Taoiseach, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with special responsibility for Disability Issues and Mental Health, and was also responsible for Equality affairs until March 2009.

He lost his seat at the 2011 general election.[2]

Moloney later contested the Fianna Fáil nomination to run in the redrawn Laois–Offaly constituency for the 2020 Irish general election, but was not successful.[3]

References

  1. ^ "John Moloney". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b "John Moloney". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Long-serving Fianna Fail Laois TD to make political comeback with General Election bid". Laois Today. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by
Jimmy Devins
 Minister of State for Disability Issues and Mental Health
2008–2011 		Succeeded by
Kathleen Lynch
as Disability, Equality and Mental Health
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Laois–Offaly constituency
This table is transcluded from Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Joseph Lynch
(SF) 		Patrick McCartan
(SF) 		Francis Bulfin
(SF) 		Kevin O'Higgins
(SF) 		4 seats
1921–1923
3rd 1922 William Davin
(Lab) 		Patrick McCartan
(PT-SF) 		Francis Bulfin
(PT-SF) 		Kevin O'Higgins
(PT-SF)
4th 1923 Laurence Brady
(Rep) 		Francis Bulfin
(CnaG) 		Patrick Egan
(CnaG) 		Seán McGuinness
(Rep)
1926 by-election James Dwyer
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) Patrick Boland
(FF) 		Thomas Tynan
(FF) 		John Gill
(Lab)
6th 1927 (Sep) Patrick Gorry
(FF) 		William Aird
(CnaG)
7th 1932 Thomas F. O'Higgins
(CnaG) 		Eugene O'Brien
(CnaG)
8th 1933 Eamon Donnelly
(FF) 		Jack Finlay
(NCP)
9th 1937 Patrick Gorry
(FF) 		Thomas F. O'Higgins
(FG) 		Jack Finlay
(FG)
10th 1938 Daniel Hogan
(FF)
11th 1943 Oliver J. Flanagan
(IMR)
12th 1944
13th 1948 Tom O'Higgins, Jnr
(FG) 		Oliver J. Flanagan
(Ind)
14th 1951 Peadar Maher
(FF)
15th 1954 Nicholas Egan
(FF) 		Oliver J. Flanagan
(FG)
1956 by-election Kieran Egan
(FF)
16th 1957
17th 1961 Patrick Lalor
(FF)
18th 1965 Henry Byrne
(Lab)
19th 1969 Ger Connolly
(FF) 		Bernard Cowen
(FF) 		Tom Enright
(FG)
20th 1973 Charles McDonald
(FG)
21st 1977 Bernard Cowen
(FF)
22nd 1981 Liam Hyland
(FF)
23rd 1982 (Feb)
24th 1982 (Nov)
1984 by-election Brian Cowen
(FF)
25th 1987 Charles Flanagan
(FG)
26th 1989
27th 1992 Pat Gallagher
(Lab)
28th 1997 John Moloney
(FF) 		Seán Fleming
(FF) 		Tom Enright
(FG)
29th 2002 Olwyn Enright
(FG) 		Tom Parlon
(PDs)
30th 2007 Charles Flanagan
(FG)
31st 2011 Brian Stanley
(SF) 		Barry Cowen
(FF) 		Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
(FG)
32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Laois and Offaly.


Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
33rd 2020 Brian Stanley
(SF) 		Carol Nolan
(Ind) 		Barry Cowen
(FF) 		Seán Fleming
(FF) 		Charles Flanagan
(FG)
2024
(Vacant)