Irish Minister of State at PDAC - Toronto

Published: March 11, 2018, 5:08 p.m.

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Minister of State for Natural Resources and Digital DevelopmentSean Kyne was first elected to D\\xe1il \\xc9ireann in 2011 and represent the constituency of Galway West and Mayo South which includes the City,\\xa0 Connemara, and areas from Clarinbridge and Oranmore through Claregalway to Annaghdown and Corrandulla.From 2004 \\u2013 2011, he was a member of Galway County Council for the Connemara Electoral Area.He lives in Clydagh which is just outside of Moycullen & attended St. Mary\\u2019s College in Galway City before attaining a primary degree and Master\\u2019s degree in Agricultural Science at NUI, Galway and UCD respectively.For 11 years, worked as an agri-environmental consultant with particular responsibility for the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme.As a TD he has served on the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, as Vice Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs, and as Chairman of the Fine Gael Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

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