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Patrick O'Donovan (born 21 March 1977) is an Irish
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politician who has served as a
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since May 2016. He has been a
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(TD) for the Limerick County constituency since 2016, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the
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constituency. He was a member of
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for the
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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
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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 as
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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
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as Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, with responsibility for the
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. In August 2017, he claimed in an interview with the '' Sunday Independent'', that the
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were responsible for the
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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
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following the appointment of Leo Varadkar as
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.


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Patrick O'Donovan's page on the Fine Gael website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Odonovan, Patrick 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