John McGuinness
Fianna Fáil candidate for Carlow–Kilkenny
Incumbent TDJohn McGuinness T.D. Elected member of Kilkenny Borough Council from 1979 to 2003 Elected member of Kilkenny County Council from 1991 to 2003 Mayor of Kilkenny 1996/97 First elected to Dail Eireann in 1997 Appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for Trade and Commerce, from 2007 to 2009 Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2011 to 2016 Chair of the Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach Committee from 2016 to present
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