Daniel O'Keeffe (judge)

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Daniel O'Keeffe

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| office = Chair of the Standards in Public Office Commission

| term_start = 11 February 2014

| term_end = 10 February 2020

| nominator = Government of Ireland

| appointer = Michael D. Higgins

| predecessor = Matthew Smith

| successor = Garrett Sheehan

| office1 = Judge of the High Court

| term_start1 = 6 November 2008

| term_end1 = 21 December 2013

| nominator1 = Government of Ireland

| appointer1 = Mary McAleese

| office2 = Chair of the Irish Takeover Panel

| term_start2 = 21 January 1998

| term_end2 = 6 November 2008

| nominator2 = Government of Ireland

| predecessor2 = New office

| successor2 = Rory Brady

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|5|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ennis, County Clare, Ireland

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| death_place =

| nationality = Irish

| spouse =

| children =

| education = Clongowes Wood College

| alma_mater = {{Ubl|University College Dublin|King's Inns}}

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Daniel O'Keeffe (born 5 May 1943) is a retired Irish judge who served as Chair of the Standards in Public Office Commission from 2014 to 2020, a Judge of the High Court from 2008 to 2013, and Chair of the Irish Takeover Panel from 1998 to 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.sipo.gov.ie/en/About-Us/Our-Members/Justice-Daniel-O-Keeffe/|title=Justice Daniel O'Keeffe|publisher=Standards in Public Office Commission|accessdate=25 January 2015|archive-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128140759/http://www.sipo.gov.ie/en/About-Us/Our-Members/Justice-Daniel-O-Keeffe/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/fine-gael-td-jim-okeeffe-sipo-1264794-Jan2014 |title=Appointment to Standards in Public Office Commission |date=14 January 2014 |publisher=The Journal.ie |location=Dublin |accessdate=28 January 2015 |archive-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204011618/http://www.thejournal.ie/fine-gael-td-jim-okeeffe-sipo-1264794-Jan2014/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/News/Archives/2008/Government_Press_Releases_2008/HIGH_COURT_APPOINTMENT.html |title=High Court Appointment |date=26 February 2008 |publisher=Department of the Taoiseach |location=Dublin |accessdate=28 January 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203224729/http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/News/Archives/2008/Government_Press_Releases_2008/HIGH_COURT_APPOINTMENT.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.aji.ie/news/archive |title=Retirement of Mr. Justice O'Keeffe |publisher=Association of Judges of Ireland |accessdate=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202002313/http://aji.ie/news/archive |archive-date=2 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}

As Chairman of the Standards in Public Office Commission, he was also an ex-officio member of the Commission for Public Service Appointments.{{cite web |url=http://www.cpsa.ie/en/About-Us/Members-of-the-Commission |title=Members of the Commission |publisher=Commission for Public Service Appointments |accessdate=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128161613/http://www.cpsa.ie/en/About-Us/Members-of-the-Commission/ |archive-date=28 January 2015 |url-status=dead }} He is also a member of the Inquiry Panel appointed by the Central Bank of Ireland.{{cite web |url=http://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/processes/EnfI/asp/Pages/ASP.aspx |title=Administrative Sanctions Procedure |publisher=Central Bank of Ireland |accessdate=25 January 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203230346/http://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/processes/EnfI/asp/Pages/ASP.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/judges-ex-bankers-and-tribunal-lawyers-on-central-bank-financial-inquiry-panel-1.1967690 |title=Judges, ex-bankers and tribunal lawyers on Central Bank financial inquiry panel |date=17 October 2014 |publisher=Irish Times |location=Dublin |accessdate=28 January 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203234648/http://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/judges-ex-bankers-and-tribunal-lawyers-on-central-bank-financial-inquiry-panel-1.1967690 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2014/1017/653053-central-bank-panel |title=Central Bank names 'rogue bank' inquiry panel |date=17 October 2014 |publisher=RTÉ News |location=Dublin |accessdate=28 January 2015 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129120521/http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2014/1017/653053-central-bank-panel/ |url-status=live }}

He was Chairman of the Second Report of the Public Service Benchmarking Body which reported to the Minister for Finance in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://benchmarking.gov.ie/Documents/Benchmarking%2007.pdf |title=Report of the Public Service Benchmarking Body |date=21 December 2007 |publisher=Stationery Office |location=Dublin |accessdate=25 January 2015 |archive-date=29 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529102752/http://benchmarking.gov.ie/Documents/Benchmarking%2007.pdf |url-status=live }}