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Mr John O'Dowd

Title:	Mr
Official Last Name:	O'Dowd
Official First Name:	John
Usual First Name:	John
Date Of Birth:	10/05/1967
Party:	Sinn Féin
Constituency:	Upper Bann

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Northern Ireland Assembly Party History

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

Northern Ireland Assembly 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

Northern Ireland Assembly Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
28/06/2011 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Children and Young People
16/05/2011 - Present	Minister	Department of Education
20/09/2011 - 30/10/2011	Acting deputy First Minister	Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
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
29/04/2008 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Disability
19/11/2007 - 25/03/2011	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the draft Criminal Justice Order 2007
18/09/2007 - 29/04/2009	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Children and Young People
09/05/2007 - 19/05/2008	Committee Chair	Public Accounts Committee
09/05/2007 - 28/09/2008	Committee Member	Audit Committee
09/05/2007 - 13/12/2010	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee

Parliamentary Contact Details

The Member has no parliamentary contact details.

Constituency Contact Details

Address 1:	Sheena Campbell House	Telephone No:	028 3834 9675
Address 2:	77 North Street	Fax No:	02838 322610
Address 3:		E-Mail:
Townland:	Demesne
Town:	Lurgan
Post Code:	BT67 9AH
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Directorships

None.

Remunerated Employment, Office, Profession, etc

None.

Elected/Public Office

Minister for Education. Gross annual remuneration: £37,801. Average hours worked per week: 50. Note: Including my hours spent as a Minister I work an average of 70 - 80 hours per week. The additional hours are spent on constituency work as an MLA.

Electoral Support and Political Donations

None.

Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

As Minister of Education I received a silver horse ornament from J P McManus at an awards ceremony on 17th November 2012. (Registered 12 November 2013)

Overseas visits

None.

Overseas benefits and gifts

None.

Land and Property

None.

Shareholdings

None.

Miscellaneous Interests

None.

Unremunerated Interests

None.

Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

None.

Session:

43 Questions, Page 1 of 5

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AQW 5260/11

To ask the Minister for Social Development when the Housing Executive intends to demolish the derelict section of Moyraverty flats retail complex.

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10/03/2011

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AQO 1290/11

To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to outline the progress made on the Rural White Paper.

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03/03/2011

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AQO 1173/11

To ask the Minister of Education what plans the Southern Education and Library Board has for the future provision of controlled schools in the Lurgan area.

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17/02/2011

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AQO 1245/11

To ask the Minister of Justice what impact a £7 million reduction in his Department's budget would have on the work of his Department, and its agencies.

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24/02/2011

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AQW 4699/11

To ask the Minister of the Environment why a new owner of a vehicle which already has a valid PSV licence has to apply for a new PSV licence, when the licence is valid for a year from the date of issue.

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21/02/2011

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AQW 4697/11

To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure to outline the criteria which are being used by Libraries NI to assess the viability of public libraries such as the one in Gilford, County Down.

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21/02/2011

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AQW 4660/11

To ask the Minister for Social Development for an update on the proposed development of Curran Street in Portadown.

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18/02/2011

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AQW 4518/11

To ask the Minister of Education what action the Southern Education and Library Board intends to take in relation to the completed study on the future provision needs of post-primary education in the controlled sector in Lurgan.

14/02/2011

Question Withdrawn

AQW 4514/11

To ask the Minister of the Environment what advice the Northern Ireland Environment Agency has given to Craigavon Borough Council in relation to the Agency's responsibility for the removal of hazardous waste contained in a trailer in the Carn Industrial Estate, Craigavon.

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14/02/2011

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AQO 1069/11

To ask the Minister for Regional Development when the new permanent Board of NI Water will be appointed.

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03/02/2011

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Session:

8 Motions, Page 1 of 1

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Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
North South Ministerial Council Meeting in Education Sectoral Format	Oral Ministerial Statement	Minister of Education	19/11/2013	26/11/2013
Advancing Shared Education	Oral Ministerial Statement	Minister of Education	18/10/2013	22/10/2013
Petition of Concern: National Crime Agency	Petition of Concern	MLA - Upper Bann	15/10/2013
Establishment of Cross-Border Area Learning Community to Provide Post-Primary Education in North & West Fermanagh.	Public Petition	Minister of Education	01/10/2013	08/10/2013
Fundamental Review of GCSEs and A Levels	Oral Ministerial Statement	Minister of Education	24/09/2013	30/09/2013
Hazelwood Integrated College	Public Petition	Minister of Education	10/09/2013	16/09/2013
Ben Robinson	Urgent Oral Question	Minister of Education	09/09/2013
Support for the terms of the Ministerial Pledge of Office and the Code of Conduct for Members - Amendment 1	Motion Amendment	MLA - Upper Bann	05/09/2013	09/09/2013