At Home and Abroad

Colm Brophy is a Fine Gael TD representing Dublin South-West. He was first elected to the Dáil in 2016. During the 32nd Dáil he served as Chairman of the Budgetary Oversight Committee which was established in 2016 to enhance the role of the Oireachtas in the budgetary formation process. He was also a Member of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality and the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. Member of South Dublin County Council 2008 – 2016. Colm is a former member of the Board of the Housing Finance Agency. Colm is also the former President of the Association of Irish Local Government.

The Irish Government has approved a new Diaspora Strategy for the period 2020-2025.

The Strategy sets out what the Government will do over the next five years to support and engage with our diaspora communities around the world. It takes a broad and inclusive definition of the diaspora, reflecting the diversity of the global Irish community today. The Strategy also reflects the priorities in the Programme for Government, in particular, the commitments

to ensure that the most vulnerable of our overseas communities are supported;

to hold a referendum to extend the right to vote in Presidential elections to Irish citizens, wherever they live;

to seek pathways to legal migration to the US and solutions for undocumented Irish citizens;

to promote opportunities by the next generation of the Diaspora to work and study in Ireland;

to address barriers facing emigrants who are returning home.