Jan O'Sullivan (born 1950) is an Irish Labour Party politician. She is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick East and Party Spokesperson for health. Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ... Limerick East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ...

Personal

O'Sullivan is currently a TD for Limerick East. She was educated at Villiers Secondary School, Limerick, and at Trinity College Dublin. After working as teacher for a short period of time, Jan studied as a Montessori teacher while living in Canada. She chose to spend time at home while having her children and once they were in school she ran a playgroup in the mornings, spent time with the children in the afternoon and political work in the evenings. Limerick East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... Villiers Secondary School is a Co-educational, fee paying, Boarding and Day Secondary School, located on the North Circular Road, Limerick, Ireland. ... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ...

Political Life

Jan entered politics by joining the Democratic Socialist Party in 1982. Jan was elected to Limerick City Council in 1985. She continued as member of the Democratic Socialist Party until the merger with the Labour Party. O'Sullivan served in Seanad Éireann from 1993 until 1997. She was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Limerick East constituency in a 1998 by-election following the death of the sitting TD Jim Kemmy. Jan was subsequently re-elected in the 2002 and 2007 General Elections. Jan is currently the party spokesperson on education. There are several political parties called the Democratic Socialist Party: Democratic Socialist Party (Australia) Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) (India) Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (India) Party of Democratic Socialism (India) - not to be confused with the above parties Party of Democratic Socialism Germany See also: Democratic Party... This article is about the capital of County Limerick in Ireland. ... There are several political parties called the Democratic Socialist Party: Democratic Socialist Party (Australia) Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) (India) Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (India) Party of Democratic Socialism (India) - not to be confused with the above parties Party of Democratic Socialism Germany See also: Democratic Party... Type Upper house of Oireachtas Cathaoirleach Pat Moylan, Fianna Fáil since 13 September 2007 Members 60 Political groups Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Independents Progressive Democrats Green Party Sinn Féin Last elections 2007 Meeting place Leinster House Web site www. ... This article is about the current Irish body. ... Limerick East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... Jim Kemmy (1936-1997) was a socialist politician born in Limerick, Ireland. ...

Following the resignation of Pat Rabbitte as leader of the Irish Labour Party, Jan stood for the position of Deputy Leader of the party. She was narrowly defeated by Joan Burton to the post in September 2007. Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... Deputy Leader in the Westminster system is the second-in-command of a political party, behind the party leader. ... Joan Burton (born February, 1949) is an Irish Labour Party politician. ...

External Links

• O'Sullivan's pages on Labour Party website
• [1] European Database of Women in Decision-Making

This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database