Colm Brophy | |
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.jpg) Brophy in 2024 | |
| Minister of State | |
| 2025– | Justice, Home Affairs and Migration |
| 2020–2022 | Foreign Affairs |
| Chair of theCommittee on Budgetary Oversight | |
| In office 13 December 2017 – 1 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Josepha Madigan |
| Succeeded by | Neasa Hourigan |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Dublin South-West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1966-06-22)22 June 1966 (age 59) Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
Colm Brophy (born 22 June 1966) is an IrishFine Gael politician who has been aTeachta Dála (TD) for theDublin South-West constituency since the2016 general election.[1] He served as aMinister of State from July 2020 to December 2022 and again since February 2025.
Originally fromCabinteely, Brophy studied business atRathmines College of Commerce.[2] Before becoming a councillor, he was the Director of Elections for theEuropean Parliament campaigns for Fine Gael candidatesMary Banotti andGay Mitchell.[3]
Brophy was co-opted toSouth Dublin County Council in 2008, and served as a councillor until 2016.[4][3] During 2015 until his election to the Dáil, Brophy served as President of the Association of Irish Local Government (AILG).[5]
At the2016 general election, Brophy stood as one of three Fine Gael candidates in theDublin South-West constituency. He won with 10.7% of thefirst preference votes, and was elected on the sixteenth count.[6] Brian Lawlor was co-opted to fill Brophy's seat on South Dublin County Council.[7]
He was appointed Chair of the Dáil Committee on Budgetary Oversight in December 2017.[8]
At the2020 general election, he won 12.2% of thefirst-preference votes, and was re-elected on the tenth count.[9][10] Following the formation of the32nd government of Ireland, Brophy was appointed on 1 July 2020 asMinister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for overseas development aid and diaspora.[11] 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".[12][13] He was not re-appointed as a junior minister as part of the33rd government of Ireland in December 2022.[14]
At the2024 general election, Brophy was re-elected to the Dáil. In February 2025, he was appointed asMinister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration with responsibility for migration.
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Brophy is married toMaeve O'Connell, who was elected as a Fine Gael TD forDublin Rathdown at the 2024 general election.[2]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs 2020–2022 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 2025–present | Incumbent |