Biography
Kieran O'Donnell
From Department of Health; Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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Kieran O’Donnell is Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Older People and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with special responsibility for Housing. He was appointed to these roles on 29 January 2025.
He previously served as Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works since April 2024, and as Minister of State for Local Government and Planning at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage from December 2022 to April 2024.
Minister O’Donnell is the Fine Gael TD for Limerick City Constituency. First elected in May 2007, he was re-elected in 2011 and 2020.
He has served as:
He was elected to the Seanad in 2016. Prior to his entry into national politics, he was elected to Limerick County Council in 2004.
Minister O’Donnell is a Chartered Accountant, with many years of experience with his own practice and is a business studies degree graduate from the University of Limerick (UL).
You can contact Mr O'Donnell at: kieran.odonnell@oireachtas.ie