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Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
About Paschal Donohoe
- Paschal Donohoe (born 19 September 1974) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Finance since June 2017 and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform since May 2016.
- He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency since 2011.
- He previously served as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport from 2014 to 2016 and Minister of State for European Affairs from 2013 to 2014.Donohoe is originally from Blanchardstown.
- He studied Politics and Economics at Trinity College Dublin.
- From 1997, he worked with Procter & Gamble in the UK, before returning to Ireland and taking up a position with them.
- In 2004, Donohoe was elected to Dublin City Council and served on a number of committees before his election to Seanad Éireann in 2007 and his eventual election to Dáil Éireann in 2011. After an initial period on the backbenches, Donohoe was appointed Minister of State for European Affairs, following the resignation of Lucinda Creighton in July 2013.
- A year later he was promoted to cabinet as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Following the formation of a Fine Gael minority government in May 2016, Donohoe was appointed Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
- In June 2017, after Leo Varadkar, succeeded Enda Kenny as Taoiseach, Varadkar appointed Donohoe as Minister for Finance.
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