constituency predecessor successor children nationality party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
laois -- offaly new office kathleen -rrb- lynch -lrb- disability , equality and mental health 3 irish fianna fáil minister teachta dála of state for disability issues and mental health 12 june 1953 13 may 2008 june 1997 patricia mcevoy john moloney -lrb- politician -rrb-
 10 march 2011 february 2011 john moloney
john moloney -lrb- politician -rrb-

john anthony moloney -lrb- born 12 june 1953 -rrb- is a former irish fianna fáil politician .
he was a teachta dála -lrb- td -rrb- for the laois -- offaly constituency from 1997 to 2011 .
he also served as a minister of state from 2008 to 2011 .
an air traffic controller , undertaker and publican before entering politics , he is a former member of laois county council and mountmellick town council .
moloney was first elected to dáil Éireann at the 1997 general election and retained his seat at the 2002 and 2007 general elections .
on 13 may 2008 , shortly after brian cowen became taoiseach , he was appointed as minister of state at the department of health and children with special responsibility for disability issues and mental health , and was also responsible for equality affairs until march 2009 .
he lost his seat at the 2011 general election .
