Eithne FitzGerald

Eithne FitzGerald (née Ingoldsby; born 28 November 1950) is an Irish economist and former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency from 1992 to 1997.

In January 1993 Labour entered into a coalition government with Fianna Fáil, and FitzGerald was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of the Tánaiste and the National Development Plan.

[4] In December 1994, the Rainbow Coalition was formed of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Democratic Left.

[5] FitzGerald was responsible for the introduction of Freedom of Information legislation in Ireland[6] She served until the coalition government was defeated at the 1997 general election.

FitzGerald lost her seat at that election,[1] being succeeded by Fine Gael's Olivia Mitchell.