Andrew Doyle (born 2 July 1960) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency from 2007 to 2020.
Doyle graduated from Rockwell Agricultural College, in County Tipperary, in 1978, and as a young farmer in 1981, he won the Stephen Cullinane Scholarship to New Zealand, where he played rugby in Canterbury.
As chairperson of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food, and the Marine,[7] he also produced the first parliamentary report on the Offshore Oil and Gas sector in 2012, which called for a new fiscal licensing regime in Offshore Oil and Gas exploration off the coast of Ireland.
[10][11] He was appointed to the same position on 20 June 2017 when Leo Varadkar formed a new government after succeeding Kenny as Fine Gael leader.
[12][13] He lost his seat at the general election on 8 February 2020,[14][15] and continued to serve as a minister of state until the formation of a new government on 27 June 2020.