Biography
James Browne
From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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James Browne is Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. He was appointed to this role on 23 January 2025. Before this, he served as Minister of State at the Department of Justice with responsibility for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice.
James was born in Enniscorthy, Wexford, and is the oldest of a family of 4. He attended college at Waterford IT, University College Cork and the King’s Inns. He is a qualified Barrister.
He has led initiatives to reform mental health services in Ireland, including the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2018 and the Oireachtas committee on the Future of Mental Healthcare.
Since his election to Dáil Éireann in 2016 he has been working hard as a local TD raising the concerns and issues of the people of Wexford.
It is a great privilege for James to be a public representative in Dáil Éireann and he looks forward to continuing his work in the constituency at both a local and a national level.
You can contact Mr Browne at james.browne@oireachtas.ie