Patrick O'Donovan

Patrick O'Donovan (born 21 March 1977) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as government minister since 2024. He served as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science from 2024 to 2025 and as Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport from January 2025 until a temporary reassignment in November 2026. He remains in government as a Minister without Portfolio. He was a Minister of State from 2016 to 2024. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick County since 2016, and was a TD for Limerick from 2011 to 2016.