Fiona O'Loughlin (politician)

Senator Fiona O'Loughlin
O'Loughlin in 2025
Chair of the Committee on Education and Social Protection
In office 4 April 2016 – 10 February 2020
Preceded by	Joanna Tuffy
Succeeded by	Denis Naughten
Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 June 2020
Constituency	Administrative Panel
Teachta Dála
In office February 2016 – February 2020
Constituency	Kildare South
Personal details
Born	(1965-09-08) 8 September 1965 (age 59) Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Alma mater	Dublin Institute of Technology
Website	fionaoloughlin.ie

Fiona O'Loughlin (born 8 September 1965) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a senator for the Administrative Panel since June 2020. She previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency from 2016 to 2020. She also served as Chair of the Committee on Education and Social Protection from 2016 to 2020.^[1][2]

She was a member of Kildare County Council from 1999 to 2016.^[3]

She lost her Dáil seat at the 2020 general election.^[4][5] In April 2020, O'Loughlin was elected as a senator for the Administrative Panel.^[6] She was an unsuccessful candidate for Kildare South at the 2024 general election.

In September 2020, she was named as Chairperson of the Irish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.^[7] She is the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Education.

• Fiona O'Loughlin's page on the Fianna Fáil website