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Ruairi Quinn TD

Labour Party TD for Dublin South East


Ruairi Quinn is a Labour Party TD (Member of Parliament) for the Dublin South East constituency.

He represents Donnybrook, Sandymount, Ranelagh, Rathmines, Rathgar, Milltown, Terenure, Harold's Cross, the south east Inner City, Ringsend, Irishtown and Ballsbridge. Ruairi has been a public representative for the area since 1973, and lives in Sandymount.

He is a former Minister for Finance, Leader of the Labour Party, Chairman of the European Council of Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) and is currently Vice President and Treasurer of the Party of European Socialists.

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Archive for January, 2010

Time To Transfer Control of Primary Education

Below is an article I wrote for The Irish Times. It was published on Tuesday 26th January 2010. NOW THAT our primary schools have reopened after the recent cold spell, and in the light of the astounding revelations in the latest Irish Times opinion poll, it is timely to explore the apparent thaw in the [...]



My Speech on the need for a Banking Inquiry



Civil Partnership Bill 2009 – My Speech

This Youtube clip is of my Second Stage speech on the Civil Partnership Bill 2009, which I made in the Dáil on the 20th of January 2010. I would love to hear any thoughts or comments you might have.



BT Young Scientist 2010

It was great to see the large numbers of young people at the Young Scientist exhibition in Dublin today. I was very impressed by the levels of enthusiasm and interest in science, particularly when it is often remarked how under-promoted the subject is. The students in our schools today are the key to Ireland’s economic [...]



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