Paul John Maskey (born 10 June 1967)[1] is a Sinn Féin politician in Northern Ireland who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast West since 2011.

[8] Maskey has been employed by Fáilte Feirste Thiar ('Welcome to West Belfast'), an agency promoting tourism into that part of the city.

After a Public Accounts Committee report criticised the waste of money on a project to build a campus of the University of Ulster on one of the peace lines at Springvale in north Belfast, Maskey placed the blame on the SDLP Minister Carmel Hanna.

[14] In July 2009, he supported a committee investigation into the £33 million paid annually in legal fees and compensation to people claiming for tripping on pavements.

[15] Under Maskey's chairmanship the committee held a detailed scrutiny of Northern Ireland Water in 2010, after it awarded 70 contracts without competition.

Maskey denounced the situation as "absolutely staggering" and said that he could not remember "a more serious case of complete disregard for public sector ethics.