Joe McHugh
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Joe McHugh TD |
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| Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development |
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Assumed office 19 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Jimmy Deenihan |
| Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources | |
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In office July 2014 – May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Dinny McGinley |
| Succeeded by | Seán Kyne |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Donegal |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office May 2007 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Donegal North-East |
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In office September 2002 – May 2007 |
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| Constituency | Administrative Panel |
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16 July 1971 Carrigart, Donegal, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Olwyn Enright |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | NUI, Maynooth |
| Website | donegalmatters |
Joe McHugh (born 16 July 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency. He previously served as a TD for the Donegal North-East constituency between 2007 and 2016, and as a senator in Seanad Éireann between 2002 and 2007. From 2014 to 2016, he was appointed Minister of State with responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources at the Departments of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
Born in Carrigart, County Donegal, McHugh was educated at Umlagh National School and the Loreto Convent, Milford. He attended the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, where he received an honours degree in economics and sociology, and a higher diploma in education. A keen sportsman, McHugh has been a member of the Carrigart Boxing Club, has played soccer in the Donegal League with Cranford F.C. and Bonagee United F.C., and has also been a Gaelic footballer. McHugh taught geography and mathematics at the Loreto Convent Secondary School, Letterkenny from 1993 to 1995. From 1995–96 he taught A-level economics in Dubai, during which time he helped establish the first GAA club in the United Arab Emirates. In 1996, he returned to Ireland and became a youth worker in the Ballyboe area of Letterkenny.
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