Mary Harney (Irish: Máire Ní Áirne; born 11 March 1953) is an Irish politician and the acting interim leader of the Progressive Democrats^[1]. She is a TD for Dublin Mid West and served as Tánaiste from 1997–2006, and as Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment from 1997–2004, and is the current Minister for Health & Children. She was previously leader of the Progressive Democrats between 1993 and 2006. She resumed her role as leader after her successor Michael McDowell lost his seat in the 2007 general election. She is the longest ever serving female member of Dáil Éireann. Image File history File links Maryharney2. ... The Minister for Health and Children is the senior minister at the Department of Health and Children (An Roinn Sláinte agus Leanaí) in the Irish Government and is responsible for health care in the Republic of Ireland and related services. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... 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Early and private life

Mary Harney was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway in 1953. Her parents, who lived in nearby Ahascragh, were both farmers but her family moved to Newcastle, County Dublin shortly after her birth. She was educated at the Convent of Mercy, Inchicore and Presentation Convent, Clondalkin before studying at Trinity College, Dublin. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Galway Code: G (GY proposed) Area: 6,148 km² Population (2006) 231,035 (including Galway City); 159,052 (without Galway City) Website: www. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city... Inchicore (Inse Chór in Irish) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland south of the River Liffey and west of the city centre, in the Dublin 8 postal district. ... Clondalkin (Cluain Dolcáin in Irish, meaning Dolcans meadow) is a town/suburb and parish 10 km west of Dublin City, Ireland, situated in South County Dublin. ... Trinity College, Dublin TCD,corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ...

During her time at university she made history by becoming the first female auditor of the College Historical Society. In 1976 she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Studies and for a brief time was a secondary school teacher at Castleknock College in Dublin. The College Historical Society (commonly known as The Hist) was founded in Trinity College in 1770 and traces its creation to the historical society founded by the philosopher Edmund Burke in Dublin in 1747. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In November 2001 Harney married Brian Geoghegan, a business leader, in a low-key afternoon ceremony in Dublin on a day in which she attended to a number of other significant political meetings. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Fianna Fáil

She came to the attention of Fianna Fáil leader Jack Lynch and stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate in the 1977 general election. She was then appointed to Seanad Éireann by Lynch who had become Taoiseach. She holds the record as the youngest Senator in Seanad Éireann, being 24 on appointment. Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Irish: Fianna Fáil - An Páirtí Poblachtánach), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party... John (Jack) Mary Lynch (15 August 1917—20 October 1999), was the fourth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. ... The Irish general election of 1977 was held on June 16, 1977. ... The Seanad Chamber The Seanad meets in the former picture gallery in Leinster House. ... The Taoiseach (IPA: or ) — plural: Taoisigh ( or ), also referred to as An Taoiseach[1], is the head of government of Ireland or prime minister. ...

In 1979 Harney had her first electoral success when she was elected to Dublin County Council. Two years later she was successfully elected to the Dáil in the 1981 general election for Dublin South West. She has retained her seat at every election since then.^[2] Like many others in Fianna Fáil, Harney faced a number of problems from party leader Charles Haughey. As a leading member of the so-called Gang of 22, she was expelled from the party after voting in favour of the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985. Dublin County Council was a local authority for the administrative county of County Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. ... Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish general election of 1981 was held on June 11, 1981, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 21. ... Dublin South West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... In Irish political history, the Gang of 22 was a group of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dálaí who were opposed to the leadership of Charles J. Haughey in the early 1980s. ... The Anglo-Irish Agreement was an agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which aimed to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. ...

Progressive Democrats

Harney went on to become a founder-member of the Progressive Democrats with Desmond O'Malley and Bobby Molloy in 1986. Many other disaffected TDs followed suit. The new political party put the economic recovery of the country at the top of their political priorities. Desmond Joseph (Des) OMalley (Irish: ; born 2 February 1939), was a senior Fianna Fáil politician, the founder of the Progressive Democrats and the partys first leader (1985-1993). ... Bobby Molloy (born July 9, 1936), former Fianna Fáil & Progressive Democrats politician. ...

In 1989 the Progressive Democrats entered into a coalition government with Haughey's Fianna Fáil party. Harney was appointed Minister of State with responsibility for Environmental Protection. As Minister of State^[3] she legislated to ban the sale of bituminous coal in Dublin, thus eliminating the city's infamous smog. A coalition is an alliance among entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ... A Minister of State, in the Republic of Ireland, is a junior minister of non-cabinet rank, attached to one or more Departments of State of the cabinet. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

She served in this position until the party withdrew from government in late 1992. In February 1993 Harney was appointed deputy-leader of the Progressive Democrats, becoming party leader in October of that year. She became the first woman to lead an Irish political party with parliamentary representation when she succeeded Desmond O'Malley as leader.

In government

Following the 1997 general election and lengthy negotiations the Progressive Democrats entered into coalition government with Fianna Fáil. Harney was appointed the first female Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment. The Irish general election of 1997 was held on Friday, June 6, 1997. ...

Following the 2002 general election Harney led the Progressive Democrats, who had doubled their seats from four to eight, back into coalition with Fianna Fáil, the first time a government had been re-elected since 1969. She was re-appointed Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment but was reported in 2003 as seeking a change. In a government reshuffle on September 29, 2004, she was appointed Minister for Health & Children. The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Harney was Ireland's representative to the European Council of Ministers for the Software Patents Directive.^[4] Since the Council's first reading fell during the Irish Presidency of the European Council, she was chair of the meeting that discarded the amendments by the European Parliament which confirmed the exclusion of software innovations from what constitutes patentable subject matter. The Council of the European Union forms, along with the European Parliament, the legislative arm of the European Union (EU). ... The European Union (EU) Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (2002/0047/COD) was a proposal for an EU law which aimed to harmonise EU national patent laws and practices, which involved the granting of patents for computer-implemented inventions provided they meet certain criteria. ... The Presidency of the Council of the European Union refers to the responsibility of presiding over all aspects of the Council of the European Union, when exercised collectively by a government, on a pre-established rota of the member states, of the European Union. ... Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Political parties 8 Committees 22 Last election June 2004 (785 MEPs) Meeting place Brussels and Strasbourg Secretariat Luxembourg and Brussels Website europarl. ...

In December 2001, Harney used a Government plane which was 50% funded by the European Commission to travel to County Leitrim to open a friend's off-licence in Manorhamilton. Harney later apologised for having abused her position in using the plane for non government business and admitted that using the plane was wrong. The aircraft^[5] was to be used 90% of the time exclusively for maritime surveillance.^[6] The Commission seat in Brussels The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Carrick-on-Shannon Code: LM Area: 1,588 km² Population (2006) 28,837 Website: www. ... An off licence is a shop that sells alcoholic beverages in the United Kingdom, for consumption off the premises. ... Manorhamilton (Irish: ) is a small town in County Leitrim, Ireland. ...

In May 2006, the Irish Nurses Organisation unanimously passed a motion of no confidence in Mary Harney, accusing her of being negative and antagonistic towards nurses.^[7] Her policy of transferring private beds in public hospitals to privately operated hospitals has also attracted criticism.^[8]

In March 2006, 16 months after she took office as health minister, the INO claimed that a record number of 455 people were waiting on hospital trolleys on one day (although the Health Service Executive gave a figure of 363 people waiting on hospital trolleys for the same day).^[9] In June 2006, the Health Consumer Powerhouse ranked the Irish health service as the second least "consumer-friendly" in the European Union and Switzerland, coming 25th out of 26 countries, ahead of only Lithuania.^[10] The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for the provision of healthcare in the Republic of Ireland. ...

In July 2006, Ireland on Sunday reported that Mary Harney's mother, Mrs Sarah Harney, jumped a queue of two emergency cases to receive hip surgery at The Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Tallaght. The allegation was strongly denied by the minister.^[11] 60% of respondents to an Irish Times/TNS mrbi poll in December 2006 said that the appointment of Ms. Harney to the position of Minister for Health had not led to any improvement in the health service. Fine Gael, Labour and Ms. Harney's own PD supporters were those who expressed most satisfaction with people in Dublin also feeling most dissatisfaction regionally.^[12] Harney rejected criticisms from Fine Gael during the same month that there had been a 25% increase in people waiting on trolleys in regional hospitals during the past two years; she claimed Health Service Executive statistics showed otherwise.^[13] Ireland on Sunday is a Sunday newspaper in the Republic of Ireland published by Associated Newspapers Ireland Limited, a subsidary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc. ... // WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

2006, in her capacity as Minister for Health, Mary Harney introduced risk equalisation into the Irish healthcare market. This was hugely resisted by BUPA. However despite High Court proceedings, the controversial law was upheld. This has forced BUPA out of the Irish healthcare market (BUPA Ireland has since been bought by the Irish owned Quinn Group, averting any fear of redundancies). In January 2007, a leaked memo said that the planned Cancer Care Strategy, due for completion in 2011, would not be delivered on time. Harney denied this and said that since the leaking of the memo there had been much progress, however did not elaborate. The plan was to allow for nationwide radiotherapy services by 2011.^[14][15] BUPA is a healthcare organisation with bases on four continents and more than eight million customers in 192 countries. ...

Resignation as party leader

On 7 September 2006 Mary Harney announced that she was resigning as leader of the Progressive Democrats and that she would remain leader until a successor was chosen. She said she wanted to continue as Minister for Health^[16] but stated that it was a matter for her successor and the Taoiseach. She was succeeded by Justice Minister Michael McDowell^[17] after Tom Parlon and backbencher Liz O'Donnell nominated him. Parlon became Party President and O'Donnell Deputy Leader in an agreement with McDowell after much speculation that the pair would also seek the leadership.^[18] September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Michael McDowell (Irish: ;[1] born May, 1951) is a former Irish politician who led the Progressive Democrats political party from 11 September 2006 until 25 May 2007. ... Tom Parlon (Irish: [1]; born 19 August 1953) is an Irish Progressive Democrats politician and president of the party. ... Liz ODonnell (July 1956) is an Irish politician. ...

Return as party leader

Following the poor performance of the Progressive Democrats in the 2007 general election in which the party lost 6 of its 8 seats, including that of party leader Michael McDowell, Harney resumed her role as party leader. It is not yet clear whether this is in an interim or permanent capacity. The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007, at the request of the Taoiseach. ... Michael McDowell (Irish: ;[1] born May, 1951) is a former Irish politician who led the Progressive Democrats political party from 11 September 2006 until 25 May 2007. ...

Footnotes

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Political career

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External links

• Mary Harney official website
• Mary Harney's profile on the Progressive Democrat party website