Johnny Brady

Johnny Brady
Teachta Dála
In office
May 2007 – February 2011
ConstituencyMeath West
In office
June 1997 – May 2007
ConstituencyMeath
Personal details
Born (1948-01-01) 1 January 1948 (age 76)
County Meath, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Johnny Brady". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Johnny Brady". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  3. ^ "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. ^ "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. ^ "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.