Colm Brophy
Irish Fine Gael politician (b. 1966)
Colm Brophy
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Minister of State | |
2020–2022 | Foreign Affairs |
Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight | |
In office
13 December 2017 – 1 July 2020 |
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Preceded by | Josepha Madigan |
Succeeded by | Neasa Hourigan |
Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office
February 2016 |
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Constituency | Dublin South-West |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1966-06-22
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22 June 1966
(age
57)
Dublin , Ireland |
Political party | Fine Gael |
Spouse |
Maeve O'Connell
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m.
1998
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Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
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Colm Brophy (born 22 June 1966) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency since 2016 . [1] He served as Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs from July 2020 to December 2022.
Originally from Cabinteely , Brophy studied business at Rathmines College of Commerce . [2] Before becoming a councillor, he was the Director of Elections for the European Parliament campaigns for Fine Gael candidates Mary Banotti and Gay Mitchell . [3]
He was co-opted as a member of South Dublin County Council in 2008, and served as a councillor until 2016. [4] [3]
At the 2016 general election , Brophy stood as one of three Fine Gael candidates in the Dublin South-West constituency . He won with 10.7% of the first preference votes , and was elected on the sixteenth count without reaching the quota . [5] Brian Lawlor was co-opted to fill Brophy's seat on South Dublin County Council. [6]
He was appointed Chair of the Dáil Committee on Budgetary Oversight in December 2017. [7]
At the general election in February 2020 , he won 12.2% of the first-preference votes , and was re-elected on the tenth count. [8] [9] Following the formation of the Government of the 33rd Dáil , Brophy was appointed on 1 July 2020 as the Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora. [10] He said that his "focus in the coming months and years will be to listen to, and to support, our Diaspora communities, particularly its most vulnerable members". [11] [12]
He was not re-appointed as a junior minister as part of the 33rd Government of Ireland in December 2022. [13]
Brophy is married to Maeve O'Connell, who is a Fine Gael councillor on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council . [2]
References
- ↑ "Colm Brophy" . Oireachtas Members Database . Archived from the original on 28 December 2018 . Retrieved 28 December 2018 .
- 1 2 Holland, Kitty. "Election 2020: Colm Brophy (Fine Gael)" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 18 May 2022 .
- 1 2 "Election 2016: Colm Brophy" . RTÉ. 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016 . Retrieved 28 February 2016 .
- ↑ "Colm Brophy" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 8 May 2018 . Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
- ↑ "Constituency: Dublin South-West" . Dublin: Irish Independent . 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021 . Retrieved 22 September 2021 .
- ↑ Lyne, Laura (21 March 2016). "New councillors take seats in council chamber" . The Echo . Dublin. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020 . Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
- ↑ "Colm Brophy" . Houses of the Oireachtas. December 2017. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018 . Retrieved 22 April 2018 .
- ↑ Holland, Kitty (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Dublin South West results: Zappone bows out as Duffy and Lahart take final seats. Minister Katherine Zappone 'very proud' of change she achieved in Government" . The Irish Times . Dublin. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021 . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
- ↑ "Election 2020: Dublin South-West" . The Irish Times . Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021 . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
- ↑ Bray, Jennifer; Kelly, Fiach; Leahy, Pat (1 July 2020). "Full line up of junior ministers unveiled as Taoiseach accused by one TD of snub" . The Irish Times . Dublin. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021 . Retrieved 22 September 2021 .
- ↑ "Colm Brophy TD appointed Junior Minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs" . echo.ie . Dublin: The Echo . 3 July 2020. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021 . Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
- ↑ "Press release: Colm Brophy, T.D. appointed as Minister for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora Press release" . dfa.ie . Department of Foreign Affairs . 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020 . Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
- ↑ "Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers" . RTÉ News . 21 December 2022 . Retrieved 21 December 2022 .
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