Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
Spokesperson on Education and Skills, Gaeilge and the Gaeltacht

Biography

Aodhán is currently a sitting Senator .

Political Career

• Elected to Seanad Eireann, April 2016
• Appointed Minister of State for Drugs Strategy, April 2015
• Appointed Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality and Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with special responsibility for Equality, New Communities and Culture, July 2014
• Elected to the Dáil on his first attempt, Feb. 2011
• Elected to Dublin City Council, June 2009 representing the Clontarf Ward
• Deputy Lord Mayor 2006-2007
• First elected to Dublin City Council, 2004

Occupation

• Full time public representative
• Previously,Primary School Principal in St. Laurence O'Toole's Girls' School, Sheriff St., Dublin 1.

Memberships

• Former Member of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure & Reform
• Former Member of the Joint Committee on Education & Social Protection
• Former Member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Family Background

• married

Birth Details

• July 1976 in Dublin

Education

• BA in History and Irish from UCD
• HDip in Primary Education from Marino Institute of Education