Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (born 5 September 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since the 2020 general election.[1][2][3]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

TD
Carroll MacNeill in 2020
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2020
ConstituencyDún Laoghaire
Personal details
Born
Jennifer Carroll

(1980-09-05) 5 September 1980
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse(s)Hugo MacNeill (m. 2010)
Children1
Alma mater

Early life

Carroll MacNeill studied Economics and Political Science at Trinity College Dublin before completing a PhD in public policy and Political Science.[4]

Political career

She was a policy advisor to Frances Fitzgerald from April 2011 until June 2013. She then worked for the then Minister for Justice and Equality Alan Shatter from September 2013 until his resignation in May 2014. She subsequently took a break from politics, not returning until October 2017 when she came to the aid of Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy, where she advised him on the National Planning Framework and the creation of the Land Development Agency. She worked with Murphy's office until January 2019 when she left to work for a Public Relations firm.[4]

In May 2019, she was elected to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council for the Killiney-Shankill local electoral area, a position she held until her election as a TD in February 2020. Frank McNamara was co-opted to Carroll MacNeill's seat on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council following her election to the Dáil.

In early 2020, MacNeill was selected internally by the Fine Gael branch of Dún Laoghaire to replace Maria Bailey on the ticket for the 2020 general election, following "Swinggate", a controversy revolving around a dubious legal claim made by Bailey that resulted in her subsequent deselection.[4]

Author

Carroll MacNeill is the author of The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland, published in 2016 by the Four Courts Press.[5][6][3][7] Her thesis was given an academic award before being published as a book.[8] David Gwynn Morgan of The Irish Times said of it; '"this book by an author of unusual but apt pedigree packs in a lot of new, useful information in a field crying out for it. It is also timely and so is likely to be influential'".[9]

Personal life

She is married to former Irish rugby player Hugo MacNeill, the former managing director of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking in Ireland. The couple have one son.[10]

References
  1. "Jennifer Carroll MacNeill". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. "Maria Bailey's substitute: who is Jennifer Carroll-MacNeill?". independent. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. News, Irish Legal. "New book to examine politics of judicial selection in Ireland". Irish Legal News. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  4. "YOUNG BLOOD: JENNIFER CARROLL MACNEILL". The Phoenix. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. MacNeill, Jennifer Carroll (2016). The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland. Four Courts Press. ISBN 978-1-84682-597-2.
  6. "The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland by Jennifer Carroll MacNeill - Irish Interest - Find Books From or About Ireland". www.irishinterest.ie. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  7. Ward, James (2017-06-27). "Senior barrister welcomes Judicial Appointments Bill". irishmirror. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  8. "'I've slept in every hospital corner, caring for my son' - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, the FG replacement for Maria Bailey". independent. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  9. "The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland review: thorough and fair". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  10. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/maria-baileys-substitute-who-is-jennifer-carroll-macneill-38694003.html


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