Dara Murphy
Dara Murphy is the Minister of State at the Departments of the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs with Special Responsibility for European Affairs and Data Protection. In the D+íil, he previously served as Chairman of Internal Fine Gael Committee on European Affairs, Foreign Affairs & Trade. He was also Vice Chairman of the D+íil Committee on European Union Affairs and a Member of the D+íil Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform.
Dara was a member of Local Government from 2004 and was elected Lord Mayor of Cork in 2009. He was elected to the D+íil in March 2011. Previously, he served as chairman of Cork Policing Committee in 2005-2009, was a member of the Cork Docklands Committee and was appointed by Taoiseach John Bruton to be his representative on the National Economic & Social Council in 1995-1998.