Constituency Kildare South Children 4 Nationality Irish Name Jack Wall | Political party Labour Party Role Teachta Dala Spouse(s) Anne Byrne Party Labour Party | |
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Constituency Nominated by the Taoiseach Born 1 July 1945 (age 78)
Castledermot, County Kildare ( 1945-07-01 ) Office Member of Dail Eireann since 1997 | ||
Jack Wall (born 1 July 1945) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency.
Wall was born in Castledermot, County Kildare and educated at Castledermot National School and Castledermot Vocational School. He worked as an electrician before entering into local politics in 1991 when he was elected to Athy Town Council and Kildare County Council.
In 1993 Wall was nominated to Seanad Éireann. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party TD for Kildare South at the 1997 general election, and has been re-elected at each subsequent general election. He has previously served as party spokesperson for Agriculture, Defence and Arts, Sport and Tourism, and also for Community and Rural Affairs.
He is the chairperson of the Parliamentary Labour Party since May 2007.
On 10 July 2015, he announced that he would not be contesting the 2016 general election.