Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
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7 January 1963
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy | |
|---|---|
 Corcoran Kennedy in 2016 | |
| Minister of State | |
| 2016–2017 | Health |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 2016 – February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Offaly |
| In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Laois–Offaly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marcella Corcoran 7 January 1963 London, England |
| Party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse |
Seamus Kennedy (m. 1996) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (born 7 January 1963) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2016 to 2017. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2011 to 2020.[1][2][3]
Corcoran Kennedy was a member of Offaly County Council from 1999 to 2009 for the Ferbane local electoral area. At the 2011 general election, she was elected to the Laois–Offaly constituency, and then at the February 2016, she was elected for the Offaly constituency.
On 19 May 2016, she was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Health Promotion by the Fine Gael–Independent government on the nomination of Taoiseach Enda Kenny.[4][5] She was not re-appointed after Leo Varadkar became Taoiseach on 14 June 2017.
She contested the 2020 general election for the reformed constituency of Laois–Offaly, but was not re-elected.