Eoghan Murphy
| Eoghan Murphy TD | |
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| Minister of State at the Department of Finance | |
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Assumed office 19 May 2016 | |
| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Simon Harris |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Dublin Bay South |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Dublin South-East |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 April 1982 Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Alma mater | |
| Website |
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Eoghan Murphy (born April 1982) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-East constituency at the 2011 general election and again in 2016.[1]
Murphy attended St Michael's College, and was educated at University College Dublin (BA, English & Philosophy), and King's College London (MA, International Relations).[2]
Prior to entering politics, Murphy worked in international arms control, specifically in the area of nuclear weapons disarmament. He has worked for the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dublin, and before his election to Dublin City Council he was working as a speechwriter for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna.[3]
He was a Dublin City Councillor from 2009 to 2011, having been elected at the 2009 local elections for the Pembroke–Rathmines electoral area.[4]
Murphy does not believe the Ireland's official policy of military neutrality is realistic, and supports ending the "triple lock" in its current form, whereby any permanent member of the United Nations Security Council such as Russia or China has the power to veto Irish military deployments to peacekeeping operations overseas.[5] Murphy sat on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Banking Inquiry in the 31st Dail.
He is a brother of the actor Killian Scott.[6]
On 19 May 2016, Murphy was appointed as Minister of State for Financial Services, eGovernment and Public Procurement at the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform in the Government of the 32nd Dáil.[7]
References
- ↑ "Mr. Eoghan Murphy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ↑ "Vote Murphy #1" (PDF). Eoghan Murphy. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ↑ "Eoghan Murphy". Fine Gael. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ↑ "Eoghan Murphy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ "Dáil Debate on Neutrality Bill" (PDF). Eoghan Murphy TD. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "Sex, politics, drama, law - all in the family". Herald. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ Collins, Stephen (19 May 2016). "Taoiseach appoints 16 Fine Gael TDs as junior ministers". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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| Oireachtas | ||
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| Preceded by Chris Andrews Lucinda Creighton John Gormley Ruairi Quinn |
Teachta Dála for Dublin South-East 2011–2016 With: Lucinda Creighton Kevin Humphreys Ruairi Quinn |
constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Teachta Dála for Dublin Bay South 2016–present With: Jim O'Callaghan Kate O'Connell Eamon Ryan |
Incumbent |