| Office: | Minister of State |
| Suboffice: | Industry and Commerce |
| Subterm: | 1986–1987 |
| Suboffice1: | Agriculture |
| Subterm1: | 1982–1987 |
| Office2: | Teachta Dála |
| Term Start2: | June 1981 |
| Term End2: | June 1989 |
| Term Start3: | February 1973 |
| Term End3: | June 1981 |
| Constituency3: | Cork North-East |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1926 |
| Birth Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
| Death Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
| Party: | Fine Gael |
Patrick Hegarty (26 December 1926 – 31 October 2002) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and farmer. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-East constituency at the 1973 general election, and was re-elected in 1977. In 1981 he was elected for the Cork East constituency, and was re-elected there at each subsequent election until he was defeated at the 1989 general election.[1]
He also stood unsuccessfully as a candidate at the 1992 general election.[2] He was appointed a Minister of State by the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, serving as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture from 1982 to 1987 and Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce from 1986 to 1987.