Event Details
Dublin Chamber alongside SSE Airtricity are delighted to welcome you along to the next event in our Meet the Minister series on Tuesday 9th September For this event, we will be joined by Paschal Donohoe, TD, Minister of Finance.
Minister Donohoe will give an overview of the main priorities and challenges he is dealing with in his portfolio at present and leading up to budget 2026, followed with an audience Q&A session. Book your spot now, and be sure to have your questions ready.
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Venue:
Dublin Chamber, 7 Clare Street, Dublin 2 D02 F9O2
This event will be in a series where members will hear from leaders in the political and public policy sphere on their roles in Government, their priorities and the effect on business. Members will get a chance to pose questions and have their voices heard at the highest levels of Government.
Paschal Donohoe TD is the Minister for Finance, having been re-appointed to the role in January 2025. He previously served as the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform, heading up that Department from December 2022 to January 2025. He was also the Minister for Finance from June 2017 to December 2022, having been re-appointed to that position in June 2020. Minister Donohoe was elected President of the Eurogroup on 9 July 2020, taking up his first two-and-a-half-year term on 13 July 2020. He was re-elected on 5 December 2022, beginning his second mandate on 13 January 2023. From May 2016 – June 2020, he served as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and from July 2014 – May 2016, as the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. He also held the position of Minister for European Affairs at the Department of An Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs from July 2013 – July 2014. 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 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.