Noel Thomas Lemass (14 February 1929 – 13 April 1976) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance from 1969 to 1973.

Lemass was educated at Catholic University School, Leeson Street in Dublin and later at Newbridge College in County Kildare.

Against his father's wishes, rather than attend university, he undertook business training and later became an executive member and branch secretary of the Irish Commercial Travellers' Association.

[2] The by-election was a loss for Fine Gael, who was in government at the time, and whose TD had held the seat for a number of years.

When Fianna Fáil lost office in 1973, Lemass was named spokesperson for physical planning and the environment.