Joe McHugh (born 16 July 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North–East constituency since May 2007. On 15 July 2014, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with special responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources.