Joe Costello, TD

Minister Joe Costello TD is Minister for State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for trade and development.

Career history

2011	Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Trade and Development
2002	Re-elected to Dáil Éireann in 2002 and has been elected to the Dáil in every subsequent election
1997-2007	Served as the Labour Party Representative on the British Irish Parliamentary Body
1997	Re-elected to Seanad Éireann. He served as Leader of the Labour Seanad Group
1995-2002	Chairperson of Labour's Policy Development Commission
1992	Elected to Dáil Éireann (the House of Representatives or lower chamber of the Irish Parliament)
1991- 1992	Served the people of Dublin as Deputy Lord Mayor
1991-2003	Elected member of Dublin City Council
1989	First elected to Seanad Éireann (the Senate or upper chamber of the Irish Parliament)

Labour Party Spokesperson on Education, Justice, Defence, European Affairs, Human Rights and Transport
Chairperson of the Dáil Committee of European Union Affairs
Chairperson of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Joint Committee on European Affairs
Former Member of the following:
Dáil Committee on Justice, Equality, Women’s Rights and Defence
Oireachtas Sub-Committee of the Barron Report on the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings of 1974
Oireachtas Joint Committee on EU Scrutiny
Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Ireland’s future in the European Union
Oireachtas Sub Committee on the Review of the Role of the Oireachtas in European Affairs