Anne Rabbitte

Irish politician (born 1973)

2020–Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth2020–2024HealthTeachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 2016ConstituencyGalway East Personal detailsBorn (1973-10-11) 11 October 1973 (age 50)
Portumna, County Galway, IrelandPolitical partyFianna FáilSpouse
Paddy Callan
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(m. 1997; died 2011)​
Children3Alma materUniversity College DublinWebsiteannerabbitte.ie

Anne Rabbitte (born 11 October 1973) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Minister of State since July 2020. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency since 2016.[1][2]

She was a member of Galway County Council from 2014 for the Loughrea local electoral area until her election to the Dáil in 2016.[3] In May 2016, she was appointed to the Fianna Fáil Front Bench, as Spokesperson for Children and Youth Affairs.[4]

In April 2019, Rabbitte criticised plans to excavate the site of the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, describing it as "a wilful waste of public money", and questioned if the intention was to dig up every cillín (burial ground for stillborn and unbaptised infants) in Ireland.[5]

In May 2019, Rabbitte contested the European Parliament election in Midlands–North-West but was unsuccessful.[3]

Rabbitte was re-elected in Galway East at the 2020 general election. Following the formation of a new government of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party, Rabbitte was appointed as a Minister of State on 1 July 2020.[6][7][8] She was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility as Minister of State for Disability.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Anne Rabbitte". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Anne Rabbitte". Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Anne Rabbitte". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Election 2016: Anne Rabbitte". RTÉ News. 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Stop Digging". Broadsheet.ie. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Government Ministers". Government of Ireland. 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Minister of State Appointments". MerrionStreet.ie. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. ^ Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 395 of 2020). Signed on 22 September 2020. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 15 October 2020.
  10. ^ Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 739 of 2020). Signed on 22 December 2020. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 19 January 2021.

External links

  • Official website
  • Anne Rabbitte's page on the Fianna Fáil website
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Preceded byas Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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Jim Daly
Finian McGrath
 Minister of State at the Department of Health
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Hildegarde Naughton (2022–2024) 		Succeeded by
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This table is transcluded from Galway East (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
9th 1937 Frank Fahy
(FF) 		Mark Killilea Snr
(FF) 		Patrick Beegan
(FF) 		Seán Broderick
(FG)
10th 1938
11th 1943 Michael Donnellan
(CnaT)
12th 1944
13th 1948 Constituency abolished. See Galway North and Galway South


Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
17th 1961 Michael F. Kitt
(FF) 		Anthony Millar
(FF) 		Michael Carty
(FF) 		Michael Donnellan
(CnaT) 		Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins
(FG)
1964 by-election John Donnellan
(FG)
18th 1965
19th 1969 Constituency abolished. See Galway North-East and Clare–South Galway


Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
21st 1977 Johnny Callanan
(FF) 		Thomas Hussey
(FF) 		Mark Killilea Jnr
(FF) 		John Donnellan
(FG)
22nd 1981 Michael P. Kitt
(FF) 		Paul Connaughton Snr
(FG) 		3 seats
1981–1997
23rd 1982 (Feb)
1982 by-election Noel Treacy
(FF)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987
26th 1989
27th 1992
28th 1997 Ulick Burke
(FG)
29th 2002 Joe Callanan
(FF) 		Paddy McHugh
(Ind)
30th 2007 Michael P. Kitt
(FF) 		Ulick Burke
(FG)
31st 2011 Colm Keaveney
(Lab) 		Ciarán Cannon
(FG) 		Paul Connaughton Jnr
(FG)
32nd 2016 Seán Canney
(Ind) 		Anne Rabbitte
(FF) 		3 seats
since 2016
33rd 2020
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