Minister Ahern's CV

 

Name 

Dermot Ahern (FF) [Louth]

Ministerial Office

Department of Justice and Law Reform
94 St. Stephen's Green
Dublin 2

Birth Place and Date

Drogheda, Co. Louth, February 1955

Education

Marist College, Dundalk
University College Dublin (BCL)
Incorporated Law Society of Ireland

Occupation

Public representative since 1979
Solicitor by profession  

Political Career

Minister for Justice and Law Reform, May 2008 to date
Minister for Foreign Affairs, September 2004 to May 2008
Assistant Government Whip, 1988 to 1991
Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, June 2002 to September 2004
Minister for Social,Community and Family Affairs, June 1997 to June 2002
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip, and Minister of State at the Department of Defence, November 1991 to February 1992

Member Of

Dáil Eireann, 1987 to date
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Commercial State-Sponsored Bodies, 1987
Special Oireachtas committees on Judicial Separation and Child Care, Foreign Adoptions and the Solicitors' Bill
Dáil Select Committee on Legislation and Security
British–Irish Parliamentary Body from 1991 to 1997 (co-chairman 1993 to 1995)
Louth County Council, 1979 to 1991