Peter Burke TD spoke in the Dáil: Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

Peter Burke TD of Fine Gael, who represents Longford‑Westmeath, took part in the Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí – Leaders’ Questions session in the Dáil on 11 June 2026. In that debate he submitted questions to the leaders as part of the routine parliamentary procedure that allows members to seek answers from government ministers.

Burke is currently Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. He was appointed to that cabinet post on 9 April 2024 after serving as Minister of State with responsibility for EU Affairs and Defence since December 2022, and earlier as Minister of State for Local Government and Planning between July 2020 and December 2022. A chartered accountant by training, he qualified in 2004 after graduating from NUI Galway and has worked at Stephens Cooke & Co Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors in Mullingar.

He was first elected to the Dáil in 2016 following a decade on Westmeath County Council and Mullingar Town Council. Burke is married to Olivia and has two young sons; his mother, Mary (née Donnelly), passed away earlier this year.

For further details of the debate, see the Oireachtas record of the 11 June 2026 Dáil session.

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