Paul Kehoe

Paul Kehoe TD
Kehoe greeting Irish troops in Lebanon

Minister of State at the Department of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 March 2011
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny
Preceded by	John Curran
Government Chief Whip
In office 9 March 2011 – 6 May 2016
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny
Preceded by	John Curran
Succeeded by	Regina Doherty
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2002
Constituency	Wexford
Personal details
Born	(1973-01-11) 11 January 1973 County Wexford, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse(s)	Brigid O'Connor
Alma mater	Kildalton Agricultural College
Website	www.paulkehoe.com

Paul Kehoe (born 11 January 1973) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and Minister of State at the Department of Defence since 2011. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency since 2002,^[1] and was the Government Chief Whip between March 2011 and May 2016.^[2]

Early and private life

Kehoe was born in Bree, County Wexford. He is the son of Myles and Bernadette Kehoe.^[3] He was educated at St Mary's CBS, Enniscorthy, and Kildalton Agricultural College, County Kilkenny.^[2] Kehoe is also a farmer.^[1] He is married to Brigid O'Connor, of Taghmon.^[3]

Political career

Kehoe was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD for the Wexford constituency at the 2002 general election.^[4] In June of that year Enda Kenny became leader of the Fine Gael party and Kehoe was appointed Fine Gael spokesperson for Communications, Marine and Environment. He has also served as Fine Gael Assistant Chief Whip. He was re-elected at the 2007 and 2011 general elections.^[4]

He was appointed as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence on 9 March 2011.

References

1 2 "Mr. Paul Kehoe". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
1 2 "Paul Kehoe TD". Fine Gael website. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
1 2 "Everything just Fine' on TD Paul's big day". New Ross Standard. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
1 2 "Paul Kehoe". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

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Oireachtas
Preceded by Michael D'Arcy (Fine Gael)	Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Wexford 2002–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by John Curran	Government Chief Whip 2011–present	Incumbent
Preceded by John Curran	Minister of State at the Department of Defence 2011–present	Incumbent

Current members of Dáil Éireann

As elected to the 32nd Dáil in 2016 Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Fine Gael (50)	Bailey Barrett Breen Brophy Bruton Burke C. Byrne Cannon Carey Corcoran Kennedy Coveney Creed J. Daly D'Arcy Deasy Deering R. Doherty Donohoe Doyle Durkan English Farrell Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Flanagan Griffin Harris Heydon Humphreys Kehoe E. Kenny§ Kyne Madigan McEntee McHugh McLoughlin Mitchell O'Connor D. Murphy Eoghan Murphy H. Naughton Neville Noonan O'Connell O'Donovan O'Dowd Phelan Ring Rock Stanton Varadkar

Fianna Fáil (43)	Aylward Brassil Breathnach Browne Butler T. Byrne Cahill Calleary Casey Cassells L. Chambers J. Chambers N. Collins Cowen Curran Dooley Fleming Gallagher Haughey Kelleher Lahart Lawless M. Martin§ McConalogue Michael McGrath McGuinness A. Moynihan M. Moynihan Murphy O'Mahony Eugene Murphy D. O'Brien O'Callaghan Ó Cuív O'Dea O'Keeffe O'Loughlin O'Rourke Rabbitte Scanlon Brendan Smith Smyth Troy

Sinn Féin (23)	Adams§ Brady Buckley Crowe Cullinane P. Doherty Ellis M. Ferris Funchion M. Kenny McDonald Mitchell Munster Nolan J. O'Brien Ó Broin Ó Caoláin Ó Laoghaire O'Reilly Ó Snodaigh Quinlivan Stanley Tóibín

Labour Party (7)	Burton§ Howlin Kelly J. O'Sullivan Penrose B. Ryan Sherlock

AAA–PBP (6)	Barry Boyd Barrett Coppinger G. Kenny P. Murphy Bríd Smith

Independents 4 Change (4)	Broughan J. Collins C. Daly Wallace

Social Democrats (3)	Donnelly§ C. Murphy§ Shortall§

Green Party (2)	C. Martin E. Ryan§

Workers and Unemployed Action (1)	Healy

Independent (18)	Canney^† M. Collins Connolly Fitzmaurice^† Grealish Halligan^† Harty D. Healy-Rae M. Healy-Rae Lowry F. McGrath^† Mattie McGrath Moran^† D. Naughten M. O'Sullivan Pringle Ross^† Zappone

§Party leaders Italics = Ministers ^†Ind. Alliance

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