11 Facts About Paul Maskey

Paul John Maskey was born on 10 June 1967 and is an Irish Sinn Fein politician who has been Member of Parliament for Belfast West since 2011.

Paul Maskey served as a Sinn Fein member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast West from 2007 to 2012.

At the local elections of 7 June 2001, Maskey was elected as a Sinn Fein councillor for the Upper Falls electoral area on Belfast City Council, topping the poll on first preferences.

Paul Maskey was chairman of the Client Services committee of Belfast City Council.

Paul Maskey has been employed by Failte Feirste Thiar, an agency promoting tourism into that part of the city.

Paul Maskey welcomed publication of a tourist map of Belfast in 2006 which included a Gaeltacht Quarter in west Belfast, and in 2008 the group published a map and guide to all gable end murals in the west of Belfast.

Paul Maskey was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2007 elections as part of a Sinn Fein team which won five out of the six seats in Belfast West.

Paul Maskey became chairman of the committee in May 2008.

When Paul Maskey organised a protest against a parade by Royal Irish Regiment soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in October 2008, he explained that he wanted "a peaceful, dignified protest" against the wars, but that he did want to see British forces returning without injury.

Paul Maskey was again named as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee in the new mandate.

Paul Maskey is married to his wife, Patricia Paul Maskey and has two children.