Nationality Irish Role Irish Politician | Children 2 Name Aideen Hayden | |
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Constituency Nominated by the Taoiseach Alma mater University College Dublin | ||
Sen aideen hayden speaks on marriage equality referendum
Dr Aideen Hayden (born 1959) is an Irish solicitor, chairperson of the Threshold housing agency and Labour Party politician.
Contents
- Sen aideen hayden speaks on marriage equality referendum
- Primetime studio debate on rent control with aideen hayden claire byrne and karl deeter
- History
- Role of Senator
- References

From County Carlow, Hayden is a graduate of University College Dublin.
She unsuccessfully contest the 2011 Seanad election for the Industrial and Commercial Panel. In May 2011, she was nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the 24th Seanad. She is the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Housing, Children and Youth Affairs.
In 2016, she filed to run for the NUI Panel for the Seanad as an Independent.
Primetime studio debate on rent control with aideen hayden claire byrne and karl deeter
History
Aideen Hayden was born in Co Carlow. She moved to Dublin and attended St Joseph of Cluny Secondary School. Hayden did a Bachelors of Economics and History in University College Dublin.
Hayden qualified as a solicitor and practiced 1989-2008.
She became Chair of Threshold in 1999. She was also a Board Member of the Private Residential Tenancies Board 2004-2011. She resigned her Board membership when she was appointed to the Seanad.
Hayden received a PhD in Housing Policy from University College Dublin in 2014.
Role of Senator
Hayden was appointed to the Seanad by Taoiseach Enda Kenny. She joined the Labour group in the Seanad. She later replaced Susan O'Keefe as Labour Whip.
She has held positions as Spokesperson on Housing, Children and Youth Affairs and Spokesperson Housing, Spokesperson on Finance and Spokesperson on European Affairs.
Hayden introduced a private member's motion to establish schemes for distressed mortgage holders which received cross-party support.
Hayden was Vice-Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform.