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Johnny Brady

Johnny Brady

Irish former Fianna Fáil politician (b. 1948)

John Brady (born 1 January 1948) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1997 to 2007 for the Meath constituency, and then from 2007 to 2011 for the Meath West constituency after the Meath constituency was split in two.[1]

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Brady was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1997 general election for the Meath constituency and was re-elected at the 2002 general election. He is a former Chairperson of Meath County Council. Brady was re-elected at the 2007 general election for the Meath West constituency.[2]

In February 2011 Brady, who as chairman of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee received an extra €20,000 on top of his €100,000 annual salary along with €70,000 in expenses, claimed he was "no better off" than when he was a councillor in 1974 on a salary of £6.[3][4] Fine Gael's Alan Shatter commented: "it is perverse an elected member of the party that got us into this situation should whinge about his €100,000 salary, perhaps a stint in the real world will remind him of the struggles that people are facing".[5]

He lost his seat at the 2011 general election.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Johnny Brady". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Johnny Brady". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
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    "Brady's salary comments 'go down like lead balloon'". Meath Chronicle. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    "FF TD: I'm no better off on my €108,447 salary". thejournal.ie. 10 February 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  5. [5]
    "I can't live on EUR100k, claims TD". The Free Library. 10 February 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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