Áine Brady
Áine Brady | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Older People and Health Promotion | |
| In office 22 April 2009 – 9 March 2011 | |
| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office May 2007 – February 2011 | |
| Constituency | Kildare North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Áine Kitt 8 September 1954 Galway, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Gerry Brady (m. 1994) |
| Relations |
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| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Áine Brady (née Kitt; born 8 September 1954) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister of State for Older People and Health Promotion from 2009 to 2011. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency from 2007 to 2011.[1]
Áine Kitt was Fianna Fáil's youth organiser in the early 1980s, and a member of the party national executive. Her first electoral outing was at the 1981 election to the 15th Seanad, when she stood unsuccessfully on the Cultural and Educational Panel.[2][3]
She was a teacher at Scoil na Mainistreach in Celbridge for 22 years. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Dáil Éireann at the Kildare North by-election in 2005, but won the seat at the 2007 general election.[4]
Brady is the sister of former Fianna Fáil chief whip Tom Kitt and of former Minister of State Michael P. Kitt, and the daughter of former TD Michael F. Kitt. She is married to former TD Gerry Brady, they have four children.
On 22 April 2009, following a junior ministerial reshuffle, Brady was appointed as Minister of State at the Departments of Health and Children, Social and Family Affairs and the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, with special responsibility for Older People and Health Promotion.
She lost her seat at the 2011 general election.[4]
Brady and her husband attended the 2020 Oireachtas Golf Society Dinner.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Áine Brady". Oireachtas Members database. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ Denis Coughlan (13 August 1981). "No immediate coalition gains in Senate poll". The Irish Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ "Senate election results". The Irish Times. 15 August 1981. p. 6. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Áine Brady". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ "Former Kildare junior minister attended controversial golf dinner at Galway hotel". Leinster Leader. 21 August 2020. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Fianna Fáil TDs
- Irish schoolteachers
- Kitt family
- Members of the 30th Dáil
- Ministers of State of the 30th Dáil
- Politicians from County Galway
- Spouses of Irish politicians
- Women ministers of state of the Republic of Ireland
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- 21st-century women Teachtaí Dála