Minister: Mary Hanafin

Mary Hanafin

Mary Hanafin (born 1 June 1959) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport from 2010 to 2011, Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from January 2011 to March 2011, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation from January 2011 to March 2011, Minister for Social and Family Affairs from 2008 to 2011, Minister for Education and Science from 2004 to 2008, Government Chief Whip from 2002 to 2004 and Minister of State for Children from 2000 to 2002. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1997 to 2011.She has served as a Councillor on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council, representing the Blackrock local electoral area since May 2014.

name	from	to	role	description	end	source	confidence
Department of Social and Family Affairs	2008-05-07	2010-03-23	Minister	Fianna Fáil	Midterm Reshuffle	"http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=9395&&CatID=67; Speech by the Taoiseach, Mr. Brian Cowen, TD, Dáil Éireann, Nomination of Members of Government, 23rd March, 2010"	5
Department of Education and Science	2004-09-29	2008-05-07	Minister	"Re-appointed Minister for Education and Science on June 14th, 2007"	Midterm Reshuffle	http://www.education.ie/; http://www.maryhanafin.ie/	5
Department of Health and Children	2000-02-01	2002-06-06	Minister of State	Minister of State with responsibility for child care and children's policy		http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; IPA Yearbooks	5
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism	2010-03-23	2010-05-02	Minister		Midterm Reshuffle	"Speech by the Taoiseach, Mr. Brian Cowen, TD, Dáil Éireann, Nomination of Members of Government, 23rd March, 2010; http://www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie/"	5
Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport	2010-05-02	2011-03-08	Minister	Fianna Fáil	Election New Goverment	http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/	5
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation	2011-01-20	2011-03-09	Minister		Election New Goverment	http://www.deti.ie/	5

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Mary Hanafin