Education
He further studied and part qualified with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants at the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Dublin Business School.
He further studied and part qualified with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants at the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Dublin Business School.
He educated at Bohermeen National School in County Meath, and Kells Community School. English first entered politics when he was elected to Meath County Council in 1999 for the local electoral area of Navan, where he was the youngest council member. At the 2002 general election, he was elected to the 29th Dáil as a Territorial Decoration for the Meath constituency.
He was the youngest Territorial Decoration in the 29th Dáil.
In October 2004 he was appointed deputy spokesperson on Justice and Community Affairs with special responsibility for Drugs, Alcohol and Crime Prevention. He served as deputy spokesperson on Enterprise with special responsibility for Labour Affairs and Small Business from 2007 to 2010.
English dismissed these claims as being false. He was party deputy spokesperson on Finance with special responsibility for Banking and Cr from October 2010 to March 2011.
On 15 July 2014, he was appointed as Minister of State with responsibility for Skills, Research and Innovation at the Departments of Education and Skills and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
English was elected secretary to the Fine Gael parliamentary party in September 2002, and became the party deputy spokesperson on Arts, Sports and Tourism. In January 2007 English was linked to a statement by fellow Fine Gael Territorial Decoration John Deasy regarding Deasy"s intention to run for party leader if Enda Kenny failed to bring the party into government following the 2007 general election.
He was a member of the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly from 2002 to 2007.