Paddy O'Toole

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| office = Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry

| taoiseach = Garret FitzGerald

| term_start = 20 January

| term_end = 10 March 1987

| predecessor = Liam Kavanagh

| successor = Brendan Daly

| office1 = Minister for Defence

| taoiseach1 = Garret FitzGerald

| term_start1 = 14 February 1986

| term_end1 = 10 March 1987

| predecessor1 = Patrick Cooney

| successor1 = Michael J. Noonan

| office2 = Minister for Fisheries and Forestry

| taoiseach2 = Garret FitzGerald

| term_start2 = 14 December 1982

| term_end2 = 14 February 1986

| predecessor2 = Brendan Daly

| successor2 = Liam Kavanagh

| office3 = Minister for the Gaeltacht

| taoiseach3 = Garret FitzGerald

| term_start3 = 14 December 1982

| term_end3 = 10 March 1987

| predecessor3 = Denis Gallagher

| successor3 = Charles Haughey

| taoiseach4 = Garret FitzGerald

| term_start4 = 30 June 1981

| term_end4 = 9 March 1982

| predecessor4 = Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

| successor4 = Pádraig Flynn

| office5 = Teachta Dála

| term_start5 = June 1977

| term_end5 = February 1987

| constituency5 = Mayo East

| office6 = Senator

| term_start6 = 20 February 1987

| term_end6 = 25 April 1987

| term_start7 = 1 June 1973

| term_end7 = 16 June 1977

| constituency7 = Nominated by the Taoiseach

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|1|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Mayo, Ireland

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| nationality = Irish

| party = Fine Gael

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Patrick O'Toole (born 15 January 1938) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patrick-O'Toole.S.1973-06-01/|title=Patrick O'Toole|work=Oireachtas Members Database|date=19 December 1986|access-date=20 October 2008|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819132428/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patrick-O'Toole.S.1973-06-01/|url-status=live}} He was nominated by the Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave to the 13th Seanad in 1973. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann on his second attempt at the 1977 general election as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Mayo East.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3064|title=Paddy O'Toole|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=20 October 2008|archive-date=11 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811163840/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=3064|url-status=live}} O'Toole was one of just a handful of new Fine Gael TDs in the biggest landslide election victory for Fianna Fáil.

O'Toole served in both cabinets of Garret FitzGerald in the 1980s, as Minister for the Gaeltacht (1981–1982, 1982–1987), Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry (1982–1986, 1987) and Minister for Defence (1986–1987). He retained his Dáil seat at each general election until he lost it at the 1987 general election. He was nominated to the 17th Seanad to fill a vacancy after the general election. He then retired from politics.