He was appointed to the Council of State by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins in 2012.
[2] Quinn was a graduate of University College, Galway and he was called to the Irish Bar in 1983.
[12] He succeeded the founding rapporteur Catalina Devandas Aguilar of Costa Rica.
[13] Following Quinn's appointment, his ideas on the importance of disability law and policy have been disseminated by Open Society Foundations,[14] the European Network on Independent Living.
[15] He was succeeded as rapporteur by the Egyptian parliamentarian Heba Hagrass.