Áine Brady

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	Tom Kitt (Brother); Michael P. Kitt (Brother); Michael F. Kitt (Father); David Kitt (nephew);
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]

References

"Áine Brady". Oireachtas Members database. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
Denis Coughlan (13 August 1981). "No immediate coalition gains in Senate poll". The Irish Times. p. 1. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
"Senate election results". The Irish Times. 15 August 1981. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
"Áine Brady". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
"Former Kildare junior minister attended controversial golf dinner at Galway hotel". Leinster Leader. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

Oireachtas
Preceded by Catherine Murphy (Independent)	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Kildare North 2007–2011	Succeeded by Catherine Murphy (Independent)
Political offices
Preceded by Máire Hoctor	Minister of State (with special responsibility for Older People and Health Promotion) 2009–2011	Office abolished

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[oireachtas_db-1] "Áine Brady". Oireachtas Members database. Retrieved 4 January 2008.

[2] Denis Coughlan (13 August 1981). "No immediate coalition gains in Senate poll". The Irish Times. p. 1. Retrieved 7 February 2008.

[3] "Senate election results". The Irish Times. 15 August 1981. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2008.

[elecs_irl-4] "Áine Brady". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 April 2009.

[Leader_Former_Kildare-5] "Former Kildare junior minister attended controversial golf dinner at Galway hotel". Leinster Leader. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

Áine Brady

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