John Curran (Irish politician)

John Curran (born 17 June 1960) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency. He was re-elected to Dáil Eireann in the general election of February 2016. He was born and raised in Clondalkin Village. He is married and has two sons.

Since his re-election in 2016 John Curran has Chaired the all-party Oireachtas Housing and Homelessness Committee. This Committee launched their final report on the 17th June 2016. The report detailed the recommendations of groups and individuals on how best to tackle the problem of housing and homelessness in Ireland.

John Curran was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election when the constituency was first created. He was re-elected on the first count at the 2007 general election. He was elected to South Dublin County Council at the 1999 local elections representing the Clondalkin–Newcastle local electoral area.

On 13 May 2008, shortly after Brian Cowen became Taoiseach, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs with special responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs.^[1]

On 23 March 2010, following a cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip and at the Department of Defence.^[2]

He lost his seat at the 2011 general election,^[1] but regained it in the 2016 general election^[3] He currently chairs the All-Party Oireachtas Social Protection Committee.

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