Paschal Donohoe

Paschal Donohoe T.D. is Ireland’s Minister for Finance.

He was re-appointed to this role in January 2025, having served in the role previously from 2017-2022. As Minister for Finance, he is also Ireland’s Governor of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.

In the interim he served a second term as Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (2022-2025), having served his first term from May 2016-June 2020.

Minister Donohoe was first elected President of the Eurogroup of Finance Ministers in July 2020 for a two-and-a-half-year term. He has been re-elected twice; in December 2022, and for a third term in July 2025. In this role, he is also the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism.

Minister Donohoe was first elected as a TD in February 2011 for the Dublin Central constituency. Prior to this he was a member of Seanad Éireann, from 2007 - 2011. He also served as member of Dublin City Council from 2004 - 2007.

He was formerly the Chair of Ireland’s Future in Europe Oireachtas Sub-Committee, as well as a member of the Public Accounts Committee. He has also served as the Vice-Chair of the European Affairs Committee and, as a Senator, he served as a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport.

During his time as member of Dublin City Council, he served as Chair of the Environment & Engineering Strategic Policy Committee, as a member of the Corporate Policy Group and also as Chairman of the Central Area Committee.

Minister Donohoe is a graduate of the Trinity College Dublin, with a degree in Politics and Economics and he attended St. Declan’s CBS.