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Josepha Madigan
TD
Josepha Madigan TD
Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 November 2017
Taoiseach	Leo Varadkar
Preceded by	Heather Humphreys
Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight
	In office; 8 July 2016 – 30 November 2017
Preceded by	John Paul Phelan
Succeeded by	Colm Brophy
Teachta Dála
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 2016
Constituency	Dublin Rathdown
Personal details
Born	Josepha Caroline Madigan; 21 May 1970 (age 54)[citation needed]; Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland [citation needed]
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Finbarr Hayes (m. 2002)
Children	2
Education	Mount Anville
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin
Website	Official website

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Josepha Caroline Madigan (born 21 May 1970^{[citation needed]}) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht since November 2017. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2016, currently for the Dublin Rathdown constituency. She previously served as Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight from July 2017 to November 2017.

Career

Solicitor

Madigan is a qualified solicitor, who practised family law for 20 years, prior to her election to Dáil Eireann. She is also certified as a mediator by the Mediators’ Institute of Ireland and is a previous Council member of the MII. She is a former Specialist Liaison Officer for Family Mediation in the MII.^[1]

Author

Madigan is the author of the first book in Ireland on mediation: 'Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Ireland, a handbook for family lawyers and their clients (Jordan Publishing 2012). She has also self-published a novel called Negligent Behaviour.^[2]

Politics

Madigan was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2016 general election, as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency. She was appointed Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight in July 2017. She had been a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council from 2014 to 2016.^[3]

Madigan was three weeks a TD, when she was asked to participate in the 2016 government formation talks. She is an active member of the Public Accounts Committee. She has also brought forward a private member's bill to reduce the waiting time for divorce in Ireland from four years to two.

On 30 November 2017, she was appointed to the cabinet as Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in a reshuffle following the resignation of the Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald.^[4] Madigan is only the 19th woman to be appointed as a senior Minister in the history of the State.^[5]

References

^ "Mediators' Institute congratulates mediator on election to Dáil". Irish Legal News. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Profile: Josepha Madigan (FG)". The Irish Times. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Election 2016: Josepha Madigan". RTÉ. 27 February 2016.
^ "Taoiseach names Simon Coveney as new Tánaiste". RTÉ News. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
^ McQuinn, Cormac (3 December 2017). "New Minister Madigan insists she is 'absolutely not anti-Traveller' and that 2014 newsletter contents were 'widely misrepresented'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 January 2018. The 47-year-old mother-of-two is only the 19th woman to be appointed as a senior minister in the history of the State

Oireachtas
Preceded by Heather Humphreys	Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2017–present	Incumbent

[1] "Mediators' Institute congratulates mediator on election to Dáil". Irish Legal News. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "Profile: Josepha Madigan (FG)". The Irish Times. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] "Election 2016: Josepha Madigan". RTÉ. 27 February 2016.

[rte-new-ministers-2017-11-30-4] "Taoiseach names Simon Coveney as new Tánaiste". RTÉ News. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

[i-indep-2017-12-03-5] McQuinn, Cormac (3 December 2017). "New Minister Madigan insists she is 'absolutely not anti-Traveller' and that 2014 newsletter contents were 'widely misrepresented'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 January 2018. The 47-year-old mother-of-two is only the 19th woman to be appointed as a senior minister in the history of the State

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-Madigan was elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] at the [[Irish general election, 2016|2016 general election]] as a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Dublin Rathdown (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Dublin Rathdown]] constituency. She was appointed Chair of the [[32nd Dáil|Committee on Budgetary Oversight]] in July 2017. She had been a member of [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council]] from 2014 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754607-josepha-madigan/|title=Election 2016: Josepha Madigan|publisher=RTÉ|date=2016-02-27}}</ref>
+Madigan was elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] at the [[Irish general election, 2016|2016 general election]], as a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Dublin Rathdown (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Dublin Rathdown]] constituency. She was appointed Chair of the [[32nd Dáil|Committee on Budgetary Oversight]] in July 2017. She had been a member of [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council]] from 2014 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754607-josepha-madigan/|title=Election 2016: Josepha Madigan|publisher=RTÉ|date=2016-02-27}}</ref>
-Madigan was three weeks a TD when she was asked to participate in the government formation talks for the 32nd Dáil. She is an active member of the Public accounts committee. She has also brought forward a private member's bill to reduce the waiting time for divorce in Ireland from four years to two.
+Madigan was three weeks a TD, when she was asked to participate in the [[2016 Irish government formation|2016 government formation talks]]. She is an active member of the [[Public Accounts Committee (Ireland)|Public Accounts Committee]]. She has also brought forward a private member's bill to reduce the waiting time for divorce in Ireland from four years to two.
-On 30 November 2017 she was appointed to the cabinet as [[Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht]], in a reshuffle following the resignation of the [[Tánaiste]] [[Frances Fitzgerald (politician)|Frances Fitzgerald]].<ref name="rte-new-ministers-2017-11-30">{{cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1130/923875-new-tanaiste-to-be-announced-today/ |title=Taoiseach names Simon Coveney as new Tánaiste |newspaper=RTÉ  News |date=30 November 2017 |accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref> Madigan is only the 19th woman to be appointed as a senior minister in the history of the State.<ref name="i-indep-2017-12-03">{{cite news
+On 30 November 2017, she was appointed to the cabinet as [[Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht]], in a reshuffle following the resignation of the [[Tánaiste]] [[Frances Fitzgerald (politician)|Frances Fitzgerald]].<ref name="rte-new-ministers-2017-11-30">{{cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1130/923875-new-tanaiste-to-be-announced-today/ |title=Taoiseach names Simon Coveney as new Tánaiste |newspaper=RTÉ  News |date=30 November 2017 |accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref> Madigan is only the 19th woman to be appointed as a senior Minister in the history of the State.<ref name="i-indep-2017-12-03">{{cite news
  |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/new-minister-madigan-insists-she-is-absolutely-not-antitraveller-and-that-2014-newsletter-contents-were-widely-misrepresented-36374812.html
  |title=New Minister Madigan insists she is 'absolutely not anti-Traveller' and that 2014 newsletter contents were 'widely misrepresented'

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