Colm Brophy (born 22 June 1966) is an Irish

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politician who has been a

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(TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency since

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. He served as

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from July 2020 to December 2022. Originally from

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, Brophy studied business at Rathmines College of Commerce. Before becoming a councillor, he was the Director of Elections for the

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campaigns for Fine Gael candidates

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and

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. He was co-opted as a member of

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in 2008, and served as a councillor until 2016. 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

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, and was elected on the sixteenth count without reaching the

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. Brian Lawlor was co-opted to fill Brophy's seat on South Dublin County Council. He was appointed Chair of the Dáil Committee on Budgetary Oversight in December 2017. At the general election in February 2020, he won 12.2% of the

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, and was re-elected on the tenth count. Following the formation of the

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, Brophy was appointed on 1 July 2020 as the Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora. 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". He was not re-appointed as a junior minister as part of the 33rd Government of Ireland in December 2022. Brophy is married to Maeve O'Connell, who is a Fine Gael councillor on

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References

External links

Colm Brophy's page on the Fine Gael website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brophy, Colm Living people Fine Gael TDs Local councillors in South Dublin (county) Members of the 32nd Dáil Members of the 33rd Dáil Politicians from Dublin (city) 1966 births Ministers of State of the 33rd Dáil