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Irish politician (born 1963)

Kieran O'DonnellTD
O'Donnell in 2014

Minister of State
2024–	Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
2022–2024	Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Chair of the Committee on Transport and Communications Networks
In office 15 September 2020 – 8 November 2024
Preceded by	New office
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2020
In office February 2011 – February 2016
Constituency	Limerick City
In office May 2007 – February 2011
Constituency	Limerick East
Senator
In office 8 June 2016 – 8 February 2020
Constituency	Cultural and Educational Panel

Personal details
Born	(1963-05-08) 8 May 1963 (age 61) Limerick, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Phil O'Donnell (m. 1993)
Children	4
Relatives	Tom O'Donnell (uncle)
Alma mater	University of Limerick
Website	kieranodonnell.ie

Kieran O'Donnell (born 8 May 1963) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Minister of State since December 2022. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2011 to 2016 and from 2007 to 2011 for the Limerick East constituency. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Transport and Communications Networks in September 2020. He was a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2016 to 2020.

Before becoming a full-time public representative, O'Donnell worked as an accountant. He is a nephew of Tom O'Donnell, a former Minister and TD for Limerick East.

O'Donnell was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2002 Seanad election. He was elected on his first attempt to Limerick County Council for the Castleconnell local electoral area in 2004. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2007 general election.

In October 2007, O'Donnell was appointed party Deputy Spokesperson on Finance, with special responsibility for Freedom of Information, Procurement Reform and the Office of Public Works. As Deputy Spokesperson, O'Donnell was given the full Finance portfolio on an acting basis by Enda Kenny on 14 June 2010, when Kenny sacked Richard Bruton. O'Donnell subsequently supported Richard Bruton's leadership challenge to Enda Kenny. Following Kenny's victory in a motion of confidence, O'Donnell was not appointed to the front bench. In October 2010, he was appointed as party Deputy Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, with special responsibility for Enterprise and Employment.

He lost his Dáil seat at the 2016 general election. He was subsequently elected to the 25th Seanad for the Cultural and Educational Panel, where he served as the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Finance. He regained his Dáil seat following the 2020 general election.

In December 2022, O'Donnell was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with special responsibility for Local Government and Planning following the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach.

On 10 April 2024, O'Donnell was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform following the appointment of Simon Harris as Taoiseach.

References

"Kieran O'Donnell". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
^ "Kieran O'Donnell". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
"Richard Bruton sacked as FG deputy leader". RTÉ News. 14 June 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
"Minister of State appointments". gov.ie. Department of the Taoiseach. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
"Dillon, Higgins and Burke appointed as junior ministers". RTÉ News. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

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Political offices
Preceded byPeter Burke	Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage 2022–2024	Succeeded byAlan Dillon
Preceded byPatrick O'Donovan	Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform 2024–present	Incumbent

Current Teachtaí Dála (TDs)

Members of the 34th Dáil Éireann, as elected in 2024
Ceann Comhairle: Verona Murphy

Fianna Fáil (48)

Sinn Féin (39)

Fine Gael (38)

Labour Party (11)

Social Democrats (10)

Independent Ireland (4)

PBP–Solidarity (3)

Aontú (2)

P. Lawless
Tóibín§

100% Redress (1)

C. Ward

Green Party (1)

O'Gorman§

Independent (16)

Women

§ Party leaders; Italics = Ministers

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Limerick East constituency

This table is transcluded from Limerick East (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)

Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)					Deputy (Party)
13th	1948		Michael Keyes (Lab)	Robert Ryan (FF)	James Reidy (FG)	Daniel Bourke (FF)	4 seats 1948–1981
14th	1951			Tadhg Crowley (FF)		Daniel Bourke (FF)
14th	1952 by-election					John Carew (FG)
15th	1954				Donogh O'Malley (FF)
16th	1957		Ted Russell (Ind)	Paddy Clohessy (FF)
17th	1961		Stephen Coughlan (Lab)			Tom O'Donnell (FG)
18th	1965
18th	1968 by-election				Desmond O'Malley (FF)
19th	1969			Michael Herbert (FF)
20th	1973
21st	1977		Michael Lipper (Ind)
22nd	1981		Jim Kemmy (Ind)	Peadar Clohessy (FF)				Michael Noonan (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)		Jim Kemmy (DSP)	Willie O'Dea (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)		Frank Prendergast (Lab)
25th	1987		Jim Kemmy (DSP)		Desmond O'Malley (PDs)	Peadar Clohessy (PDs)
26th	1989		Jim Kemmy (DSP)
27th	1992		Jim Kemmy (Lab)
28th	1997		Jim Kemmy (Lab)			Eddie Wade (FF)
28th	1998 by-election		Jan O'Sullivan (Lab)			Eddie Wade (FF)
29th	2002				Tim O'Malley (PDs)	Peter Power (FF)
30th	2007				Kieran O'Donnell (FG)	Peter Power (FF)
31st	2011	Constituency abolished. See Limerick City and Limerick

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Limerick City constituency

This table is transcluded from Limerick City (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)

Dáil	Election
31st	2011	Jan O'Sullivan (Lab)	Willie O'Dea (FF)	Kieran O'Donnell (FG)	Michael Noonan (FG)
32nd	2016	Jan O'Sullivan (Lab)		Maurice Quinlivan (SF)	Michael Noonan (FG)
33rd	2020	Brian Leddin (GP)			Kieran O'Donnell (FG)
34th	2024	Conor Sheehan (Lab)			Kieran O'Donnell (FG)

v t e « 24th Seanad « Members of the 25th Seanad (2016–2020) » 26th Seanad »
Cathaoirleach Denis O'Donovan (FF) Leader of the Seanad Jerry Buttimer (FG)
Administrative Panel	Martin Conway (FG) Mark Daly (FF) John Dolan (Ind) Maura Hopkins (FG) Kevin Humphreys (Lab) Niall Ó Donnghaile (SF) Diarmuid Wilson (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Victor Boyhan (Ind) Paddy Burke (FG) Maria Byrne (FG) Rose Conway-Walsh (SF) Paul Daly (FF) Denis Landy (Lab) Tim Lombard (FG) Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (SF, then Ind) Brian Ó Domhnaill (FF, then Ind) Denis O'Donovan (FF) Grace O'Sullivan (GP)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Lorraine Clifford-Lee (FF) Gabrielle McFadden (FG) Kieran O'Donnell (FG) Keith Swanick (FF) Fintan Warfield (SF)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Catherine Ardagh (FF) Frances Black (Ind) Colm Burke (FG) Paul Coghlan (FG) Aidan Davitt (FF) Gerry Horkan (FF) Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF) Catherine Noone (FG) Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Lab)
Labour Panel	Jerry Buttimer (FG) Gerard Craughwell (Ind) Máire Devine (SF) Robbie Gallagher (FF) Paul Gavan (SF) Terry Leyden (FF) Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (FF) Ged Nash (Lab) Joe O'Reilly (FG) Ned O'Sullivan (FF) Neale Richmond (FG)
Dublin University	Ivana Bacik (Lab) David Norris (Ind) Lynn Ruane (Ind)
National University	Alice-Mary Higgins (Ind) Michael McDowell Rónán Mullen (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Ray Butler (FG) Paudie Coffey (FG) Frank Feighan (FG) Joan Freeman (Ind) Colette Kelleher (Ind) Billy Lawless (Ind) Michelle Mulherin (FG) Pádraig Ó Céidigh (Ind) Marie-Louise O'Donnell (Ind) John O'Mahony (FG) James Reilly (FG)
Elected or appointed later	2018 Ian Marshall (Ind) Anthony Lawlor (FG) 2019 Pippa Hackett (GP) 2020 Seán Kyne (FG)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael GP: Green Party SF: Sinn Féin Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

Fine Gael

History

Leadership

Leaders	Eoin O'Duffy W. T. Cosgrave Richard Mulcahy James Dillon Liam Cosgrave Garret FitzGerald Alan Dukes John Bruton Michael Noonan Enda Kenny Leo Varadkar Simon Harris
Deputy leaders	Peter Barry John Bruton Peter Barry Nora Owen Jim Mitchell Richard Bruton James Reilly Simon Coveney Heather Humphreys Helen McEntee
Seanad leaders	Michael O'Higgins Patrick Cooney Gemma Hussey James Dooge Maurice Manning Brian Hayes Michael Finucane (acting) Frances Fitzgerald Maurice Cummins Jerry Buttimer Regina Doherty Seán Kyne
Chairpersons	Kieran Crotty Donal Creed Tom Enright Michael Lowry Jim Higgins Phil Hogan Pádraic McCormack Tom Hayes Charles Flanagan Dan Neville Martin Heydon Richard Bruton Alan Dillon Alan Farrell
Leadership elections	1987 (Dukes) 1990 (Bruton) 2001 (Noonan) 2002 (Kenny) 2017 (Varadkar) 2024 (Harris)

Party structures

Presidential candidates

Presidential candidates	Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) Austin Currie (1990) Mary Banotti (1997) Gay Mitchell (2011)
Unopposed presidential candidates with Fine Gael support	Douglas Hyde (1938) Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1974)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann	William Aird Grace Boland Brian Brennan Colm Brophy Colm Burke Peter Burke Paula Butterly Jerry Buttimer Catherine Callaghan Micheál Carrigy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill John Clendennen Joe Cooney John Cummins Emer Currie Alan Dillon Paschal Donohoe Frank Feighan James Geoghegan Simon Harris Martin Heydon Emer Higgins Keira Keogh David Maxwell Noel McCarthy Helen McEntee Michael Murphy Hildegarde Naughton Joe Neville Maeve O'Connell Kieran O'Donnell Patrick O'Donovan Naoise Ó Muirí John Paul O'Shea Neale Richmond Peter Roche Edward Timmins Barry Ward
Seanad Éireann	Garret Ahearn Nikki Bradley Paddy Burke Maria Byrne Martin Conway Aisling Dolan Alan Farrell Seán Kyne Tim Lombard John McGahon Joe O'Reilly Mary Seery Kearney
European Parliament	Nina Carberry Regina Doherty Seán Kelly Maria Walsh

Alliances

European	European People's Party EPP Group
International	Centrist Democrat International

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