Áine Brady

Áine Brady
Minister of State
2009–2011	Social and Family Affairs
2009–2011	Health and Children
2009–2011	Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Teachta Dála
In office May 2007 – February 2011
Constituency	Kildare North
Personal details
Born	Áine Kitt (1954-09-08) 8 September 1954 (age 70) Galway, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Gerry Brady ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	4
Parent	Michael F. Kitt (father)
Relatives	Tom Kitt (brother) Michael P. Kitt (brother) David Kitt (nephew)
Alma mater	University College Dublin

Áine Brady (née Kitt; born 8 September 1954) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Minister of State from 2009 to 2011. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency from 2007 to 2011.^[1]

She was Fianna Fáil's youth organiser in the early 1980s, and a member of the party's 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 a 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, as part of 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.^[5][6]

She lost her seat at the 2011 general election.^[4]

Brady and her husband attended the 2020 Oireachtas Golf Society Dinner.^[7]

See also

• Families in the Oireachtas

References

1. "Áine Brady". Oireachtas Members database. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
2. 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.
3. "Senate election results". The Irish Times. 15 August 1981. p. 6. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
4. "Áine Brady". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
5. "Appointment of Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Vol. 680 No. 3". Houses of the Oireachtas. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
6. Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 233 of 2009). Signed on 26 May 2009. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 April 2021.; Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 56 of 2011). Signed on 1 February 2011. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 9 April 2021.
7. "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.

Political offices
Preceded by Barry Andrews Máire Hoctor John Moloney Mary Wallace	Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children 2009–2011 With: Barry Andrews John Moloney Trevor Sargent (2009–2010)	Succeeded by Kathleen Lynch Róisín Shortall as Minister of State at the Department of Health
Preceded by Máire Hoctor	Minister of State at the Department of Social and Family Affairs 2009–2011	Position vacant
Preceded by Máire Hoctor Michael P. Kitt	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2009–2011 With: Michael Finneran Ciarán Cuffe (2010–2011)	Succeeded by Willie Penrose Fergus O'Dowd as Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government