Pat Breen
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| Minister of State | |
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| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content.2016–2017 | Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation |
| Teachta Dála | |
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| Constituency | Clare |
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| Party | Fine Gael |
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Ann McInerney
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| Children | 2 |
| Limerick Institute of Technology | |
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Patrick Breen (born 21 March 1957) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2016 to 2020. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency from 2002 to 2020.[1]
Having been a member of Clare County Council and the Vocational Educational Committee from June 1999 to May 2002, Breen was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election.[2] He was the Chairman of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee and was deputy leader of the Irish Delegation to the Council of Europe.
While Fine Gael were in opposition, Breen was the Fine Gael deputy spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, with special responsibility for Human Rights and Overseas Development Aid; and deputy spokesperson on Transport and Enterprise, and Enterprise, Trade and Employment, with special responsibility for Small Business. He has also served as a member of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, the Privileges and Procedures Committee, the House Services Committee and the Committee on Enterprise and Small Business.
On 19 May 2016, on the nomination of Taoiseach Enda Kenny, he was appointed by the Fine Gael–Independent government as Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with special responsibility for Employment and Small Business.[3][4]
On 20 June 2017, on the nomination of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, he was appointed by the Fine Gael–Independent government as Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, at the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, at the Department of the Taoiseach and at the Department of Justice and Equality with special responsibility for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection.[5][6]
He lost his seat at the 2020 general election, continuing in office as a junior minister until the formation of a new government on 27 June 2020.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pat Breen". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pat Breen". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2016 Edition, No. 47" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 10 June 2016. p. 805. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2017 Edition, No. 52" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 30 June 2017. p. 882. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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External links
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