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Jimmy Deenihan, TD

Minister of State at Departments of the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for the Diaspora

Jimmy Deenihan‌Jimmy Deenihan TD is the Minister for the Diaspora and was appointed to this role on July 11, 2014. Prior to that he served as Minister for Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht Affairs.

Minister Deenihan has continuously served in Dáil Éireann since first being elected in 1987. Prior to that, from 1982- 1987, he was a Taoiseach’s nominee to Seanad Éireann. Before serving as Minister for the Diaspora, Minister Deenihan held the following positions:

March 2011 - July 2014: Minister for Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht Affairs from.
July 2010 - March 2011: Spokesperson on Tourism, Culture and Sport
July 2007 - July 2010: Spokesperson on Defence
June 2002 - May 2007: Spokesperson on Arts, Sport and Tourism
February 2001 - June 2002: Advisor to the Leader of Fine Gael on Northern Ireland Policy and Spokesperson on Sport
1997 - 2000: Spokesperson on the Office of Public Works
1994 - 1997: Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry with special responsibility for Rural Development, the LEADER programme, and An Bord Bia and the food industry.
1992 - 1994: Spokesperson on Tourism and Trade
1988 -1993: Spokesperson on Youth and Sports

Minister Deenihan was previously a member of Kerry County Council from 1985 to 1994, and a member of Kerry County Vocational Education Committee from 1985 to 1991. From 1992 to 1994 he was also a member of the Kerry County Enterprise Board and was re-elected to Kerry Council in June 1999.

A member of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Minister Deenihan won All-Ireland football medals with Kerry in 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 and in 1981, the year he captained the team. He received a GAA All-Star Award in 1981.