Michael P. Kitt

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Michael P. Kitt TD
Leas-Cheann Comhairle
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 March 2011
Preceded by	Brendan Howlin
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2007
In office June 1981 – May 2002
Constituency	Galway East
In office March 1975 – June 1977
Constituency	Galway North–East
Senator
In office September 2002 – May 2007
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
In office October 1977 – June 1981
Constituency	Administrative Panel
Personal details
Born	(1950-05-17) 17 May 1950 Tuam, County Galway
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Alma mater	St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin, University College Galway, University College Dublin
Website	www.michaelkitt.com

Michael Paschal Kitt (born 17 May 1950) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency,^[1] and is the Leas-Cheann Comhairle (Deputy Chairman) of Dáil Éireann.^[2]

Born in Tuam, County Galway, Kitt was educated St. Jarlath's College, Tuam; St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin; University College Dublin and University College Galway. He qualified as a teacher before becoming involved in politics.

In 1975, following the death of his father, Michael Kitt, Snr, he was elected to succeed his father on Galway County Council. In the Galway North–East by-election on 4 March he was elected to the 20th Dáil, being returned on the first count with a 7% majority over the Fine Gael candidate Paul Connaughton, Snr.

Kitt lost his Dáil seat at the 1977 general election but was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann by the Administrative Panel, serving until 1981 as a member of the 14th Seanad. He was re-elected to the Dáil at the 1981 general election for the new Galway East and retained his seat until 2002.^[3]

During this period he served as a Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach for three months from November 1991 to February 1992. He lost his Dáil seat at the 2002 general election but was subsequently nominated by the Taoiseach to serve as a member of the 22nd Seanad. He was re-elected to the Dáil at the 2007 general election. In June 2007, he was appointed as Minister of State for Overseas Development. In May 2008, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (with special responsibility for Local Services). He served in this position until April 2009 when he was dropped in a reshuffle.

Michael Kitt comes from a family with a strong political background. He is a son of Michael Kitt, Snr, who was a TD for various Galway constituencies (1948–1951 and 1957–1975), and a brother of Tom Kitt, a former TD for Dublin South, and of Áine Brady, a former TD for Kildare North. His brother-in-law Gerry Brady also served as TD for Kildare in 1982.

On 31 March 2011, he was appointed as the Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny.^[2]

He is currently the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Gaeltacht Affairs.

References

↑ "Mr. Michael P. Kitt". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
↑ 2.0 2.1 McGee, Harry (1 April 2011). "FF TD selected by Taoiseach to serve as Leas-Cheann Comhairle". The Irish Times.
↑ "Michael Kitt". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 September 2009.

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Oireachtas
Preceded by Michael F. Kitt (Fianna Fáil)	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Galway North–East 1975–1977	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Thomas Hussey (Fianna Fáil)	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Galway East 1981–2002	Succeeded by Joe Callanan (Fianna Fáil)
Preceded by Joe Callanan (Fianna Fáil)	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Galway East 2007–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Conor Lenihan	Minister of State for Overseas Development 2007–2008	Succeeded by Peter Power
New office	Minister of State for Local Services 2008–2009	Succeeded by Michael Finneran
Preceded by Brendan Howlin	Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann 2011–present	Incumbent

v t e Current members of Dáil Éireann

As elected to the 31st Dáil in 2011, with changes Ceann Comhairle: Seán Barrett

Fine Gael (69)	Bannon Barry Breen Bruton Butler Buttimer C. Byrne Cannon Carey Coffey A. Collins Conlan Connaughton Coonan Corcoran Kennedy Coveney Creed J. Daly Deasy Deenihan Deering R. Doherty Donohoe Doyle Durkan English Farrell Feighan Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick C. Flanagan Griffin Harrington Harris B. Hayes T. Hayes Heydon Hogan H. Humphreys Keating Kehoe E. Kenny Kyne Lawlor McEntee McFadden McGinley McHugh McLoughlin Mitchell Mitchell O'Connor Mulherin D. Murphy E. Murphy Neville Noonan O'Donnell O'Donovan O'Dowd O'Mahony O'Reilly Perry J. P. Phelan Reilly Ring Shatter Stanton Twomey Varadkar

Labour Party (34)	Burton E. Byrne Conaghan Conway Costello Dowds A. Ferris Gilmore Hannigan Howlin K. Humphreys Kelly S. Kenny C. Lynch K. Lynch Lyons Maloney McCarthy McNamara Nash Nolan Ó Ríordáin J. O'Sullivan Penrose A. Phelan Quinn Rabbitte Ryan Sherlock Spring Stagg Tuffy Wall White

Fianna Fáil (20)	Browne Calleary N. Collins Cowen Dooley S. Fleming Keaveney Kelleher Kirk Kitt Martin McConalogue Michael McGrath McGuinness Moynihan Ó Cuív O'Dea Ó Fearghaíl Smith Troy

Sinn Féin (14)	Adams Colreavy Crowe P. Doherty Ellis M. Ferris McDonald McLellan Mac Lochlainn O'Brien Ó Caoláin Ó Snodaigh Stanley Tóibín

People Before Profit Alliance (1)	Boyd Barrett

Socialist Party (1)	Higgins

WUAG (1)	Healy

Independents (25)	Broughan J. Collins Creighton C. Daly Donnelly L. Flanagan T. Flanagan T. Fleming Grealish Halligan Healy-Rae Lowry F. McGrath Mattie McGrath Mathews C. Murphy Naughten Nulty M. O'Sullivan Pringle Ross Shortall Timmins Wallace Walsh

Italics = Party leaders Bold = Ministers

v t e « 21st Seanad « Members of the 22nd Seanad Éireann (2002–2007) » 23rd Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Rory Kiely (FF) Leader of the Seanad Mary O'Rourke (FF)

Administrative Panel	Timmy Dooley (FF) Frank Feighan (FG) Camillus Glynn (FF) Tony Kett (FF) Joe McHugh (FG) Joanna Tuffy (Lab) Diarmuid Wilson (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Paul Bradford (FG) Paddy Burke (FG) Ulick Burke (FG) Peter Callanan (FF) Rory Kiely (FF) Martin Mansergh (FF) Francis O'Brien (FF) Kathleen O'Meara (Lab) John Paul Phelan (FG) Eamon Scanlon (FF) Jim Walsh (FF)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Noel Coonan (FG) Brian Hayes (FG) Paschal Mooney (FF) Labhrás Ó Murchú (FF) Ann Ormonde (FF)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	James Bannon (FG) Eddie Bohan (FF) Paul Coghlan (FG) Margaret Cox (Ind) Marc MacSharry (FF) Derek McDowell (Lab) Kieran Phelan (FF) Sheila Terry (FG) Mary White (FF)

Labour Panel	Fergal Browne (FG) Maurice Cummins (FG) Brendan Daly (FF) Geraldine Feeney (FF) Michael Finucane (FG) Liam Fitzgerald (FF) John Hanafin (FF) Jim Higgins (FG) Terry Leyden (FF) Don Lydon (FF) Michael McCarthy (Lab)

National University of Ireland	Joe O'Toole (Ind) Feargal Quinn (Ind) Brendan Ryan (Lab)

University of Dublin	Mary Henry (Ind) David Norris (Ind) Shane Ross (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Cyprian Brady (FF) Michael Brennan (PD) John Dardis (PD) Maurice Hayes (Ind) Brendan Kenneally (FF) Michael P. Kitt (FF) John Minihan (PD) Tom Morrissey (PD) Pat Moylan (FF) Mary O'Rourke (FF) Kate Walsh (PD)

Nominated later	May 2007 Colm O'Gorman (PD) June 2007 Donie Cassidy (FF) Chris Wall (FF) Seán Dorgan (FF) Peter Sands (FF)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party PD: Progressive Democrats Ind: Independent

v t e « 13th Seanad « Members of the 14th Seanad Éireann (1977–1981) » 15th Seanad »

Cathaoirleach Séamus Dolan (FF) Leader of the Seanad Eoin Ryan, Snr (FF)

Administrative Panel	Liam Burke (FG) Micheál Cranitch (FF) Jack Garrett (FF) Tras Honan (FF) Thomas Kilbride (FG) Michael P. Kitt (FF) Myles Staunton (FG)

Agricultural Panel	Pierce Butler (FG) Paul Connaughton, Snr (FG) John Ellis (FF) Justin Keating (Lab) Rory Kiely (FF) Gerard Lynch (FG) Joe McCartin (FG) Charles McDonald (FG) Patrick McGowan (FF) Martin O'Toole (FF) William Ryan (FF)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Richard Conroy (FF) Patrick Cooney (FG) Flor Crowley (FF) Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) David Molony (FG)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Ruairí Brugha (FF) Alexis FitzGerald, Snr (FG) Desmond Governey (FG) Michael Howard (FG) Liam Hyland (FF) Mick Lanigan (FF) Michael Moynihan (Lab) Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) Eoin Ryan, Snr (FF)

Labour Panel	John Blennerhassett (FG) Séamus Dolan (FF) Joseph Dowling (FF) Des Hanafin (FF) Jack Harte (Lab) Tony Herbert (FF) Brian Hillery (FF) Fintan Kennedy (Lab) Michael Lyons (FG) Bernard Markey (FG) Andy O'Brien (FG)

National University of Ireland	Gemma Hussey (Ind) Augustine Martin (Ind) John A. Murphy (Ind)

University of Dublin	Conor Cruise O'Brien (Ind) Mary Robinson (Lab) Trevor West (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Séamus Brennan (FF) Séamus de Brún (FF) Eileen Cassidy (FF) Valerie Goulding (FF) Mary Harney (FF) Valentine Jago (FF) Gordon Lambert (Ind) Bernard McGlinchey (FF) Noel William Mulcahy (FF) T. K. Whitaker (Ind) Michael Yeats (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1977 Michael Donnelly (FF) 1979 Catherine McGuinness (Ind) 1980 Jim Doolan (FF) James Ruttle (FF) 1981 P. J. Mara (FF) Joseph O'Neill (??)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

Persondata
Name	Kitt, Michael P.
Alternative names
Short description	Irish politician
Date of birth	17 May 1950
Place of birth	Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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