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Preceded by
  
Children
  
2

Party
  
Political party
  
Spouse
  
Ann McInerney

Nationality
  
Irish

Role
  
Teachta Dala

Constituency
  
Clare

Name
  
Pat Breen


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Born
  
21 March 1957 (age 67) Ennis, County Clare (
1957-03-21
)

Education
  
Limerick Institute of Technology

Office
  
Member of Dail Eireann since 2002

Profiles

Patrick Breen (born 21 March 1957) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection since June 2017. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2011, currently for the Clare constituency. He previously served as Minister of State for Employment and Small Business from 2016 to 2017.

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Having been a member of Clare County Council and the Vocational Educational Committee from June 1999 to 2002, Breen was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election. He is the Chairman of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee and is deputy leader of the Irish Delegation to the Council of Europe.

Breen has previously served as previously 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.

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References

Pat Breen Wikipedia