Patrick O'Donovan
Patrick O'Donovan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for Office of Public Works since July 2020. He served as Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment from June 2017 to July 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Limerick County constituency since 2011, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Limerick constituency. He previously served as Minister of State for Tourism and Sport from 2016 to 2017.
He was a member of Limerick County Council for the Newcastle West electoral area from 2003 to 2011.
In January 2014, he called for "tougher controls on the use of open source internet browsers and payment systems" which he claimed allowed users to remain anonymous in the illegal trade of drugs, weapons and pornography.
