Marcella Corcoran Kennedy Explained

Office:Minister of State
Suboffice:Health
Subterm:2016–2017
Office1:Teachta Dála
Term Start1:February 2016
Term End1:February 2020
Constituency1:Offaly
Term Start2:February 2011
Term End2:February 2016
Constituency2:Laois–Offaly
Birth Name:Marcella Corcoran
Birth Date:7 January 1963
Birth Place:London, England
Nationality:Irish
Children:2
Alma Mater:University College Dublin

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (born 7 January 1963) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2016 to 2017. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2011 to 2020.[1] [2] [3]

Corcoran Kennedy was a member of Offaly County Council from 1999 to 2009 for the Ferbane local electoral area. At the 2011 general election, she was elected to the Laois–Offaly constituency, and then at the February 2016, she was elected for the Offaly constituency.

On 19 May 2016, she was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Health Promotion by the Fine Gael–Independent government on the nomination of Taoiseach Enda Kenny.[4] [5] She was not re-appointed after Leo Varadkar became Taoiseach on 14 June 2017.

She contested the 2020 general election for the reformed constituency of Laois–Offaly, but was not re-elected.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. Oireachtas Members Database. 11 October 2011. 28 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201028211655/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Marcella-Corcoran-Kennedy.D.2011-03-09/. live.
  2. Book: Collins, Stephen. Stephen Collins (journalist)

    . Stephen Collins (journalist). Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24th Seanad. 2011. Gill & Macmillan. Dublin. 9780717150595. 134.

  3. Web site: Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. ElectionsIreland.org. 11 October 2011. 16 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111016143834/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=5966. live.
  4. Appointment of Ministers of State. 10 June 2016. Iris Oifigiúil. 47. 2016. 804–806. 25 June 2021. 14 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171114121818/http://irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2016/june/IR100616-1.pdf. live.
  5. 2017. si. 178. Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2017. 26 April 2017. 26 March 2021.