John Curran (Irish politician)
John Curran is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served Chair of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness from 2016 to 2020, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence from 2010 to 2011, Minister of State for Integration and Community from 2009 to 2010 and Minister of State for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs from 2008 to 2009. He served as a Teachta Dála for the Dublin Mid-West constituency from 2002 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020.
Following his re-election in 2016, he chaired the all-party Oireachtas Housing and Homelessness Committee. This Committee launched their final report on 17 June 2016.
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.
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.
He lost his seat at the 2011 general election, but regained it in the 2016 general election. He then chaired the All-Party Oireachtas Social Protection Committee. He lost his seat again at the 2020 general election.
