Patrick O'Donovan (born 21 March 1977) is an Irish
Fine Gael
Fine Gael (, ; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil à ...
politician who has served as a
Minister of State
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since May 2016. He has been a
Teachta Dála
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(TD) for the
Limerick County constituency since 2016, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the
Limerick
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constituency.
He was a member of
Limerick County Council
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for the
Newcastle West
Newcastle West () or simply Newcastle (''An Caisleán Nua'', formerly anglicized Castlenoe) is a town in west County Limerick, Ireland. It is the largest town in the county, excluding Limerick city, It is also the county town, and sits on the ...
local electoral area from 2003 to 2011.
In January 2014, he called for "tougher controls on the use of open source internet browsers and payment systems" which he claimed allowed users to remain anonymous in the illegal trade of drugs, weapons and pornography.
On 19 May 2016, he was appointed by the new government formed after the February 2016 election led by Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny (born 24 April 1951) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017, Leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2017, Minister for Defence from May to July 2014 and 2016 to 2017, Leader of the Opposition from ...
as Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport with responsibility for Tourism and Sport. On 20 June 2017, he was appointed by the new government led by Leo Varadkar
Leo Eric Varadkar ( ; born 18 January 1979) is an Irish politician who has served as Taoiseach since December 2022, and previously from 2017 to 2020. He served as Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment from June 2020 to De ...
as and at the Department of Finance with responsibility for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment. On 1 July 2020, he was appointed by the new government formed after the February 2020 election led by Micheál Martin
Micheál Martin (; born 1 August 1960) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who is serving as Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland), Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence (Ireland), Minister for Defence since Decembe ...
as Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, with responsibility for the Office of Public Works
The Office of Public Works (OPW) ( ga, Oifig na nOibreacha PoiblĂ) (legally the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland) is a major Irish Government agency, which manages most of the Irish State's property portfolio, including hundreds of o ...
.
In August 2017, he claimed in an interview with the '' Sunday Independent'', that the Provisional IRA
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, fa ...
were responsible for the Dublin and Monaghan bombings
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. Fine Gael declined to comment on the matter.
In December 2022, he was re-appointed to the same position, as well as Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media with special responsibility for the Gaeltacht
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The ''Gaeltacht'' districts were first officially recog ...
following the appointment of Leo Varadkar
Leo Eric Varadkar ( ; born 18 January 1979) is an Irish politician who has served as Taoiseach since December 2022, and previously from 2017 to 2020. He served as Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment from June 2020 to De ...
as Taoiseach
The Taoiseach is the head of government, or prime minister, of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The office is appointed by the president of Ireland upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's national legisl ...
.
References
External links
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Patrick O'Donovan's page on the Fine Gael website
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1977 births
Living people
Fine Gael TDs
Local councillors in County Limerick
Members of the 31st Dáil
Members of the 32nd Dáil
Members of the 33rd Dáil
Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil
Ministers of State of the 33rd Dáil