Minister for Community, Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs.
Appointed Minister Community, Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs in March 2010. Appointed Minister of State at the Departments of an Taoiseach and Defence as Government Chief Whip in May 2008. Elected to Dáil Eireann on third attempt in 1997 and re-elected in 2002 and 2007.
Previously served as Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs from June 2007 until May 2008. Served in other roles: Co-Chair of the British Irish Inter Parliamentary Body, Vice-chair of Oireachtas committee on Foreign Affairs, member of the Forum on Europe, alternative member to the Convention on the Future of Europe.
Born Castlemaine, Co. Kerry November 1947. Educated Presentation Brothers, Milltown, Co. Kerry: St. Patrick's Teachers' Training College, Drumcondra: UCD (BA): TCD (H Dip Ed). Full time Public Representative and former Vice Principal, St. Finian's School, Finglas. First elected 1997.
Minister Pat Carey TD has said North Dublin will be the Hub for economic recovery under the new €40billion stimulus programme for growth and job creation. The Government’s new Infrastructure priorities programme proposes to build Metro North, centralise DIT in Grangegorman and continuation of Ballymun Regeneration. Read More
Discussion Paper by Minister Pat Carey For MacGill Summer School 2010, Thursday 22nd July on “Parliamentary Reform is long overdue” Exorcising our ghost-written Parliamentary Debate. Read More
The East Wicklow CC Summer Barbeque will take place this Friday, 16th July from 8pm at the Glendalough Hotel. Read More
Local Minister Pat Carey T.D. has confirmed that four local schools will be in a position to continue to employ librarians in their Junior Cert libraries next year. Read More
The Minister of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Pat Carey T.D., today announced that the way had been cleared for his Department to complete contractual arrangements for the grant of €1.5m to the development of the Mitchel’s Integrated Services Centre in Tralee Read More
Dublin North West T.D. Pat Carey, Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs has today announced his intention to extend the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing Campaign across Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces. Read More
Minister Pat Carey today announced that he is making available an initial allocation for 2011 of €40m under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 Read More
Dublin North West T.D. Pat Carey, Minister at the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, has announced funding for 67 groups under the Scheme of Community Support for Older People totalling over €233,000 in funding Read More
Dublin North West Minister Pat Carey TD has welcomed the decision by the European Investment Bank Board to approve a loan of up to €500million for Metro North. Read More
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