Colm Brophy Explained

Honorific-Suffix:TD
Office:Minister of State
Suboffice:Foreign Affairs
Subterm:2020–2022
Office1:Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Term Start1:13 December 2017
Term End1:1 July 2020
Predecessor1:Josepha Madigan
Successor1:Neasa Hourigan
Office2:Teachta Dála
Term Start2:February 2016
Constituency2:Dublin South-West
Birth Date:22 June 1966
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Fine Gael
Alma Mater:Dublin Institute of Technology

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.

He was co-opted as a member of South Dublin County Council in 2008, and served as a councillor until 2016.[3] [4]

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Colm Brophy. Oireachtas Members Database. 28 December 2018. 28 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181228174700/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Colm-Brophy.D.2016-10-03/. live.
  2. News: Holland . Kitty . Election 2020: Colm Brophy (Fine Gael) . 2022-05-18 . The Irish Times . en.
  3. Web site: Colm Brophy. ElectionsIreland.org. 7 May 2018. 8 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180508185141/https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3875. live.
  4. Web site: Election 2016: Colm Brophy. RTÉ. 28 February 2016. 28 February 2016. 1 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301004453/http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754435-colm-brophy/. live.
  5. Web site: Constituency: Dublin South-West . . Dublin . 27 February 2016 . live . https://archive.today/20210618141029/https://elections.independent.ie/election-2016/dublin-south-west . 18 June 2021 . 22 September 2021 .
  6. News: Lyne . Laura . New councillors take seats in council chamber . 18 June 2021 . . 21 March 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803172909/https://www.echo.ie/news/article/new-councillors-take-seats-in-council-chamber . 3 August 2020 . Dublin.
  7. Web site: Colm Brophy . Houses of the Oireachtas . December 2017 . 22 April 2018 . 26 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180426072552/http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/mediazone/pressreleases/2017/name-45341-en.html . live .
  8. News: 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 . Kitty . Holland . 10 February 2020 . 9 February 2020 . . Dublin . 16 June 2021 . live . https://archive.today/20210618062002/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-south-west-results-zappone-bows-out-as-duffy-and-lahart-take-final-seats-1.4165264 . 18 June 2021 .
  9. News: Election 2020: Dublin South-West . 10 February 2020 . . Dublin . 16 June 2021 . live . https://archive.today/20210618062804/https://www.irishtimes.com/election2020/dublin-south-west . 18 June 2021 .
  10. News: Full line up of junior ministers unveiled as Taoiseach accused by one TD of snub . Jennifer . Bray . Fiach . Kelly . Pat . Leahy . 1 July 2020 . . Dublin . live . https://archive.today/20210618083256/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/full-line-up-of-junior-ministers-unveiled-as-taoiseach-accused-by-one-td-of-snub-1.4293578 . 18 June 2021 . 22 September 2021 .
  11. News: Colm Brophy TD appointed Junior Minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs . 18 June 2021 . echo.ie . . 3 July 2020 . https://archive.today/20210618083642/https://www.echo.ie/show/article/colm-brophy-td-appointed-junior-minister-at-the-department-of-foreign-affairs . 18 June 2021 . Dublin . live .
  12. Web site: Press release: Colm Brophy, T.D. appointed as Minister for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora Press release . dfa.ie . . 18 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200708202926/https://www.dfa.ie/news-and-media/press-releases/press-release-archive/2020/july/colm-brophy-td-appointed-as-minister-for-overseas-development-aid-and-diaspora.php . 8 July 2020 . 2 July 2020 . live.
  13. Web site: Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers. RTÉ News. 21 December 2022. 21 December 2022.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Colm Brophy".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.