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was mainly based in
Brussels where he worked with the European People's Party. During this period he drew his full Dáil salary of €94,500 and his full parliamentary standard allowances of €51,600 each year. Murphy had the lowest attendance rate in the Dáil on sitting days by a considerable margin during 2018 and 2019; attending on 42 days out of 104 in 2018, and 24 out of 70 until the end of September 2019.
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November 2019, Murphy revealed that he was resigning as a TD at the end of 2019 to take up a senior position in the European Commission. However, this was overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the expenses scandal, which saw him collect his Dáil Éireann expenses. From October 2017, Murphy
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from 2009 to 2010. He also served as the first Chair of the Cork Joint
Policing Committee. He was elected to the Dáil for
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He resigned as a TD in
December 2019 in the wake of a controversy about his lack of attendance in
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Justice and
Equality (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2016 (
534:"New junior minister was forced to pay €35,000 in tax bills to Revenue"
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815:"Fine Gael TD to resign from Dáil to take up European Commission role"
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October 1996, serving until the end of 1997. He was elected to
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to the same positions, with additional responsibility for the EU
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In
October 2017, Murphy was appointed Campaign Director for the
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In May 2018, Murphy announced that he intended to retire from
972:"Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy formally resigns from the Dáil"
909:"Dara Murphy insists he complied with attendance rules"
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321:, serving as Deputy Lord Mayor from 2005 to 2006 and
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Minister of State at the
Department of the Taoiseach
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People educated at
Christian Brothers College, Cork
1004:"Resignation of Member – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil)"
375:, He was not appointed to ministerial position by
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783:"Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy will not defend seat"
503:"Minister Dara Murphy finishes UCC arts degree"
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408:Murphy resigned as a TD on 3 December 2019.
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353:the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
16:Irish former Fine Gael politician (b. 1969)
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369:Fine Gael–Independent minority government
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379:when he became Taoiseach in June 2017.
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1181:Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)
1080:Minister of State for European Affairs
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361:Minister of State for European Affairs
357:the Department of Justice and Equality
336:On 15 July 2014, on the nomination of
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858:from the original on 30 November 2019
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825:from the original on 27 November 2019
741:from the original on 14 November 2017
648:from the original on 16 November 2017
482:from the original on 23 February 2016
345:Fine Gael–Labour coalition government
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919:from the original on 1 December 2019
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576:from the original on 4 December 2019
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447:from the original on 8 November 2018
300:National Economic and Social Council
62:European Affairs and Data Protection
1592:Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil
1587:Ministers of State of the 31st Dáil
970:O'Connell, Hugh (4 December 2019).
877:Finn, Christina (3 December 2019).
721:"Appointment of Ministers of State"
626:"Appointment of Ministers of State"
293:
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606:from the original on 10 March 2011
246:from 2009 to 2010. He served as a
14:
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1557:Alumni of University College Cork
1047:from the original on 24 June 2021
844:McGee, Harry (29 November 2019).
701:from the original on 20 July 2014
546:from the original on 5 March 2016
513:from the original on 4 March 2016
501:English, Eoin (1 November 2015).
388:2019 European Parliament election
359:, with special responsibility as
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641:(62): 1172–1173. 5 August 2014.
254:constituency from 2011 to 2019.
208:Christian Brothers College, Cork
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1567:Members of Cork City Council
939:"Statement from Dara Murphy"
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238:politician who served as a
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1041:The Parliament Magazine
416:In 2021, Murphy joined
384:European People's Party
283:University College Cork
269:Early and personal life
220:University College Cork
1037:"Movers & Shakers"
771: on 26 March 2021.
470:"Meet your 76 new TDs"
242:from 2014 to 2017 and
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765:Government of Ireland
678: on 2 April 2021.
674:. Retrieved from
672:Government of Ireland
420:as a senior adviser.
399:next general election
373:Digital Single Market
331:2011 general election
915:. 30 November 2019.
761:S.I. No. 388 of 2016
668:S.I. No. 265 of 2015
600:ElectionsIreland.org
76:Justice and Equality
1572:Lord mayors of Cork
1012:. 4 December 2019.
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572:. 22 January 1997.
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1165:Cork North-Central
1112:Lord Mayor of Cork
1065:Political offices
769:Irish Statute Book
676:Irish Statute Book
327:Cork North-Central
277:. After attending
252:Cork North-Central
244:Lord Mayor of Cork
121:Cork North-Central
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240:Minister of State
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48:Minister of State
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178:Tanya Murphy
117:Constituency
104:
97:Teachta Dála
18:
1547:1969 births
1454:Dara Murphy
1303:Dan Wallace
1297:1982 (Nov)
1289:1982 (Feb)
1278:Seán French
1260:Denis Lyons
1177:transcluded
829:27 November
550:23 February
517:23 February
486:24 February
307:John Bruton
232:Dara Murphy
156:County Cork
25:Dara Murphy
1541:Categories
1522:Colm Burke
1513:Mick Barry
1474:(AAA–PBP)
1471:Mick Barry
1354:Liam Burke
1251:Liam Burke
1116:2009–2010
1084:2014–2017
1020:9 December
988:4 December
955:4 December
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893:4 December
862:4 December
580:4 December
570:Oireachtas
424:References
341:Enda Kenny
323:Lord Mayor
215:Alma mater
142:1969-12-02
1430:from 2007
944:Fine Gael
338:Taoiseach
304:Taoiseach
236:Fine Gael
204:Education
167:Fine Gael
158:, Ireland
105:In office
84:2014–2017
70:2014–2017
56:2014–2017
1516:(S–PBP)
1228:(Party)
1203:Election
1045:Archived
1014:Archived
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