Barry Andrews (politician)

Barry Andrews
MEP
Barry Andrews MEP
	Andrews in 2018
Member of the European Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2020
Constituency	Dublin
Minister of State
2008–2011	Children
Teachta Dála
	In office; May 2002 – February 2011
Constituency	Dún Laoghaire
Personal details
Born	16 May 1967; Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Ireland: Fianna Fáil; EU: Renew Europe;
Parent	David Andrews (father);
Relatives	David McSavage (brother); Todd Andrews (grandfather); Niall Andrews (uncle); Chris Andrews (cousin); Ryan Tubridy (cousin);
Alma mater	University College Dublin
Website	barryandrews.ie

Barry Andrews (born 16 May 1967) is an Irish politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency. He is a member of Fianna Fáil, part of Renew Europe. He previously served as Minister of State for Children from 2008 to 2011. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 2002 to 2011.

The Andrews family have a long connection with Fianna Fáil. Before entering political life, Andrews was a secondary school teacher. He was the Director-General of the Dublin-based Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), a partly Irish State-funded EU think tank, since 2017. He was CEO of GOAL from 2012 to 2016, during which the agency grew from a turnover of €60m to more than €150m. He announced his resignation to allow for ‘a fresh start in terms of leadership’ in October 2016 in the wake of a fraud in the charity that was discovered in March 2016.

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