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Pippa Hackett

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Senator
Pippa Hackett
Minister of State
2020–Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Senator
Assumed office
5 November 2019
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
Personal details
Born(1974-01-08)8 January 1974(age 50)
County Mayo,Ireland
Political partyGreen Party
SpouseMark Hackett
Children4
Alma mater

Pippa Hackett(born 8 January 1974)[1]is an IrishGreen Partypolitician who has served as aMinister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marinesince June 2020. She is one of threeMinisters of Statein attendance at cabinet, but without a vote. She has been aSenatorfor theAgricultural Panelsince November 2019.[2]

Political career[edit]

Hackett joined the Green Party in around 2016, upon the recommendation of a neighbour of hers,Christopher Fettes,the party founder.[3]At the2019 local elections,she was elected toOffaly County Councilfor theEdenderryArea.[4][5]

She was elected unopposed, as a Senator for theAgricultural Panelin a by-election on 1 November 2019.[6][7]The vacancy was caused by the election of SenatorGrace O'Sullivanto theEuropean Parliamentin May 2019.[8]

She was an unsuccessful Green party candidate for theLaois–Offalyconstituency at the2020 general election,coming sixth in the five-seat constituency, with a total of 4,255 votes in the final count.

At the2020 Seanad electionon 30 March, she was re-elected to the Agricultural Panel. On the formation of anew governmenton 27 June 2020 betweenFianna Fáil,Fine Gaeland the Green Party, she was appointed asMinister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marinewith responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity.[9]She became the first senator to be appointed as a Minister of State and is one of three Ministers of State attending cabinet, a position commonly known as a super junior minister.[10]

On 24 March 2021, Hackett was one of three Green Party senators to table amotion of no confidenceagainst party chairpersonHazel Chu,after Chu announced her candidacy in a Seanadby-electionas anIndependent.[11]

On 19 June 2024, Hackett announced her candidacy in theGreen Party leadership electionfollowing the resignation ofEamon Ryan.[12]A focal point of her campaign was improving the party's reputation among rural voters, claiming the party had an "image problem".[13]She received several high profile endorsements, including fromBrian Leddin,Ossian SmythandSteven Matthews.She was defeated byRoderic O'Gormanwho received 984 votes to her 912 votes.

Early life and education[edit]

Hackett was born inGalway,but is a native ofBallindine,County Mayo.[14]During her time in Britain, she studied Equine Science atAberystwyth Universityand Agriculture at theUniversity of Essex.Back in Ireland, she studied a Postgraduate Diploma in Equine Science atUniversity College Dublinin 1996,[15]and gained herPhDin Sports Biomechanics at theUniversity of Limerick.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit]

Hackett lives on a farm inCounty OffalynearGeashillwith her husband Mark, whom she met at university inEssex,and their four children.[14]Her husband was co-opted to take her seat on Offaly County Council.[16]Her son, Charlie, ran unsuccessfully in the2024 local elections.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Pippa Hackett – green shoots".The Irish Field.11 September 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 8 March 2023.Retrieved10 March2023.
  2. ^"Pippa Hackett".Oireachtas Members Database.Archivedfrom the original on 28 October 2020.Retrieved12 November2019.
  3. ^"Offaly County Council: Big blow for Sinn Féin while Greens claim first seat".The Irish Times.25 May 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 27 May 2019.Retrieved25 May2019.
  4. ^"Pippa Hackett".ElectionsIreland.org.Archivedfrom the original on 27 May 2022.Retrieved22 July2023.
  5. ^"Green Party councillor Pippa Hackett elected to Seanad".Irish Independent.1 November 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 2 November 2019.Retrieved2 November2019.
  6. ^"Green Party's Pippa Hackett elected to the Seanad".RTÉ News.1 November 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 3 September 2020.Retrieved2 November2019.
  7. ^"Seanad Éireann debate - Tuesday, 5 November 2019: Election of Member".Houses of the Oireachtas.5 November 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 24 August 2020.Retrieved24 November2019.
  8. ^"Vacancy in Seanad Membership: Motion – Seanad Éireann (25th Seanad) – Vol. 267 No. 3".Houses of the Oireachtas.25 September 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 18 October 2019.Retrieved24 November2019.
  9. ^"Appointment of Ministers of State"(PDF).Iris Oifigiúil.2020(54): 778–779. 7 July 2020.Archived(PDF)from the original on 11 August 2022.Retrieved24 August2022.
  10. ^Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 613 of 2020). Signed on 8 December 2020. Statutory Instrument of theGovernment of Ireland.Retrieved fromIrish Statute Bookon 29 December 2020.
  11. ^McQuinn, Cormac (25 March 2021)."Eamon Ryan 'tells Greens' no pact on supporting Coalition candidates for Seanad".The Irish Times.Archivedfrom the original on 25 March 2021.Retrieved25 March2021.
  12. ^"Pippa Hackett enters Green Party leadership race".Offaly Independent.19 June 2024.Retrieved30 June2024.
  13. ^O'Sullivan, Colman (30 June 2024)."Green Party 'has image problem', Hackett tells members".{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
  14. ^abFox, Claire (8 June 2019)."'Origin Green is painting a false image to the world and it will come back to bite us' - newly elected Green councillor Pippa Hackett ".Independent.ie.Archivedfrom the original on 25 July 2020.Retrieved12 February2020.
  15. ^"Pippa Hackett | Green Party".greenparty.ie.Archivedfrom the original on 2 November 2019.Retrieved6 July2023.
  16. ^"Offaly Farmer Replaces His Wife On Offaly County Council".Midlands103.19 November 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 22 November 2020.Retrieved7 March2020.
  17. ^"Local elections 2024: County-by-county breakdown – mixed fortunes for parties and political dynasties".Irish Independent.10 June 2024.Retrieved12 June2024.He tried to entice voters by releasing his own rap – but many appeared to switch off from Green Party candidate Charlie Hackett's message.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
2020–present
With:Martin Heydon 		Incumbent
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