Mr John O'Dowd

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: O'Dowd
Official First Name: John
Usual First Name: John
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: Upper Bann

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2011 - 30/03/2016
Sinn Féin	Party Member	07/03/2007 - 25/03/2011
Sinn Féin	Party Member	26/11/2003 - 30/01/2007

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
26/11/2003	Upper Bann	Nationalist, First Elected
13/03/2007	Upper Bann	Nationalist, Re-elected
12/05/2011	Upper Bann	Nationalist, Re-elected
12/05/2016	Upper Bann	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/03/2017	Upper Bann	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	Upper Bann	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
03/02/2025 - Present	Minister	Department of Finance
03/02/2024 - 03/02/2025	Minister	Department for Infrastructure
16/05/2022 - 27/10/2022	Minister	Department for Infrastructure
08/06/2021 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
12/10/2020 - 18/02/2022	Committee Member (deputising)	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
21/09/2020 - 18/01/2021	Committee Member	Committee on Procedures
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
03/03/2020 - 20/10/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
20/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
20/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Business Committee
14/01/2020 - 16/05/2022	Committee Member	Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
27/10/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Private Secretary	The Executive Office
06/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Chair	Audit Committee
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Finance
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
20/09/2011 - 30/10/2011	Acting deputy First Minister	Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
16/05/2011 - 30/03/2016	Minister	Department of Education
14/04/2010 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
15/09/2008 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the draft Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 20
20/05/2008 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Committee for Education
09/05/2007 - 19/05/2008	Committee Chair	Public Accounts Committee
09/05/2007 - 13/12/2010	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
09/05/2007 - 28/09/2008	Committee Member	Audit Committee

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
13/10/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
18/11/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Tackling Educational Underachievement And Promoting Educational Excellence For All
28/06/2011 - 10/09/2013	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Children and Young People
29/04/2008 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability
18/09/2007 - 29/04/2009	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Children and Young People

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

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