Political Career
Quinn was first elected as a senator in 1993 from the National University of Ireland constituency and was re-elected in 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2011. He is a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs, the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Service and is an Oireachtas member of the National Economic and Social Forum.
In May 2010, he introduced a Private Members Bill - the Construction Contracts Bill 2010 to protect building sub-contractors. If the Bill is passed in the Dail it will be the first time in 40 years that a private members bill arising in the Seanad has been passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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