Pat Carey

Infobox Politician
name = Pat Carey
honorific-suffix =

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office = Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach
term_start = 7 May 2008
term_end =
predecessor = Tom Kitt
successor =

office3 = Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
"with special responsibility for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs"
term_start3 = 20 June 2007
term_end3 = 7 May 2008
president =
predecessor3 = Noel Ahern
successor3 = John Curran
birth_date = Birth date and age|1947|11|09|df=y
birth_place = Castlemaine, Co. Kerry
death_date =
death_place =
constituency1 = Dublin North West
party = Fianna Fáil
spouse =
religion =|

Pat Carey (born 9 November 1947) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was born in Castlemaine, County Kerry in 1947. He was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Milltown, County Kerry and went to St. Patrick's College in Drumcondra, Dublin to complete his teacher training. He subsequently studied at University College Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a H.Dip Education. Before entering politics Carey was a national school teacher and a deputy principal.

Carey first entered local politics in 1985 when he was elected to Dublin City Council for the Finglas area. He remained on the council until the abolition of the dual mandate in 2003. He was elected as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the constituency of Dublin North West in the 1997 general election, defeating the sitting Fine Gael TD Mary Flaherty to win a second seat for the Fianna Fáil in the 4-seater constituency. He was re-elected in the 2002 general election. Re-elected in the 2007 general election, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs with special responsibility for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs.

In 2008, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Government Chief Whip) by Brian Cowen. He was also appointed Minister of State with special responsibility for Active Citizenship.

External links

* [http://www.fiannafail.ie/person.php4?show=TD&pid=22&bid=22 Pat Carey's page on the Fianna Fáil website]
* [http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=3972 Pat Carey's electoral history] (ElectionsIreland.org)
* [http://www.ireland.com/focus/election_2002/biogs/carey_pat.htm Irish Times biography]

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title=Pat Carey
list1=succession box two to two
title1 = Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach
"(Government Chief Whip)"
years1 = 2008–present
title2 = Minister of State at the Department of Defence
years2 = 2008–present
before = Tom Kitt
after = Incumbent