Áine Brady (née Kitt; born 8 September 1954) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Minister of State from 2009 to 2011.
[1] She was Fianna Fáil's youth organiser in the early 1980s, and a member of the party's national executive.
Her first electoral outing was at the 1981 election to the 15th Seanad, when she stood unsuccessfully on the Cultural and Educational Panel.
She was an unsuccessful candidate for Dáil Éireann at the Kildare North by-election in 2005, but won a seat at the 2007 general election.
On 22 April 2009, as part of a junior ministerial reshuffle, Brady was appointed as Minister of State at the Departments of Health and Children, Social and Family Affairs and the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, with special responsibility for Older People and Health Promotion.