Joe Jacob
1997–2002
10 February 1993 – 26 June 1997
February 1987 – May 2007
Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland
Joe Jacob (born 1 April 1939) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician.[1]
Jacob was born in Kilrush, County Clare in 1939. He was educated at De La Salle in Wicklow and Terenure College in Dublin. He is a former publican and a distribution manager with Nitrigin Éireann Teoranta.
Jacob was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the constituency of Wicklow at the 1987 general election. He held his seat at each subsequent election, until retiring at the 2007 general election.[2]
He was a member of Wicklow County Council from 1985 to 1997 for the Wicklow area. He was appointed a Minister of State at the Department of Public Enterprise with special responsibility for Energy in 1997, a post he held until 2002. He was not re-appointed to a ministerial position after the 2002 general election. He was chair of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party from 1992 until 1995 and served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of the Dáil from 1993 until 1997.
Jacob caused controversy in 2001 when, during a radio interview on The Marian Finucane Show as the minister responsible, he demonstrated an apparent lack of knowledge over the use of iodine tablets and the emergency plans in the event of a terrorist attack similar to the 11 September attacks in the United States.[3]
References
- ^ "Joe Jacob". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ "Joe Jacob". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ "Finucane goes in RTE radio shake-up". 21 January 2005. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012.
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Preceded by Jim Tunney | Chair of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party 1992–1995 | Succeeded by |
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4th | 1923 | Christopher Byrne (CnaG) | James Everett (Lab) | Richard Wilson (FP) | 3 seats 1923–1981 | ||||||
5th | 1927 (Jun) | Séamus Moore (FF) | Dermot O'Mahony (CnaG) | ||||||||
6th | 1927 (Sep) | ||||||||||
7th | 1932 | ||||||||||
8th | 1933 | ||||||||||
9th | 1937 | Dermot O'Mahony (FG) | |||||||||
10th | 1938 | Patrick Cogan (Ind) | |||||||||
11th | 1943 | Christopher Byrne (FF) | Patrick Cogan (CnaT) | ||||||||
12th | 1944 | Thomas Brennan (FF) | James Everett (NLP) | ||||||||
13th | 1948 | Patrick Cogan (Ind) | |||||||||
14th | 1951 | James Everett (Lab) | |||||||||
1953 by-election | Mark Deering (FG) | ||||||||||
15th | 1954 | Paudge Brennan (FF) | |||||||||
16th | 1957 | James O'Toole (FF) | |||||||||
17th | 1961 | Michael O'Higgins (FG) | |||||||||
18th | 1965 | ||||||||||
1968 by-election | Godfrey Timmins (FG) | ||||||||||
19th | 1969 | Liam Kavanagh (Lab) | |||||||||
20th | 1973 | Ciarán Murphy (FF) | |||||||||
21st | 1977 | ||||||||||
22nd | 1981 | Paudge Brennan (FF) | 4 seats 1981–1992 | ||||||||
23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Gemma Hussey (FG) | |||||||||
24th | 1982 (Nov) | Paudge Brennan (FF) | |||||||||
25th | 1987 | Joe Jacob (FF) | Dick Roche (FF) | ||||||||
26th | 1989 | Godfrey Timmins (FG) | |||||||||
27th | 1992 | Liz McManus (DL) | Johnny Fox (Ind) | ||||||||
1995 by-election | Mildred Fox (Ind) | ||||||||||
28th | 1997 | Dick Roche (FF) | Billy Timmins (FG) | ||||||||
29th | 2002 | Liz McManus (Lab) | |||||||||
30th | 2007 | Joe Behan (FF) | Andrew Doyle (FG) | ||||||||
31st | 2011 | Simon Harris (FG) | Stephen Donnelly (Ind) | Anne Ferris (Lab) | |||||||
32nd | 2016 | Stephen Donnelly (SD) | John Brady (SF) | Pat Casey (FF) | |||||||
33rd | 2020 | Stephen Donnelly (FF) | Jennifer Whitmore (SD) | Steven Matthews (GP) |