Pippa Hackett
Irish politician
Pippa Hackett (born 8 January 1974) is an Irish Green Party politician who served as a Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine from June 2020 to January 2025. She was one of three Ministers of State in attendance at cabinet, but without a vote. She was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from November 2019 to January 2025.
Early life and education
Hackett was born in Galway, but is a native of Ballindine, County Mayo. During her time in Britain, she studied Equine Science at Aberystwyth University and Agriculture at the University of Essex. Back in Ireland, she studied a Postgraduate Diploma in Equine Science at University College Dublin in 1996, and gained her PhD in Sports Biomechanics at the University of Limerick.
Political career
Hackett joined the Green Party in around 2016, upon the recommendation of a neighbour of hers, Christopher Fettes, the party founder. At the 2019 local elections, she was elected to Offaly County Council for the Edenderry Area.
She was elected unopposed, as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel in a by-election on 1 November 2019. The vacancy was caused by the election of Senator Grace O'Sullivan to the European Parliament in May 2019.
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