Colm Burke

Senator Colm Burke


Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2011
Constituency	Industrial and Commercial Panel
Member of the European Parliament
In office 19 June 2007 – June 2009
Constituency	South
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-17) 17 January 1957 Cork, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse(s)	Mary McCaffrey
Alma mater	University College Cork
Profession	Solicitor
Website	www.colmburke.eu

Colm Burke (born 17 January 1957) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and member of Seanad Éireann.^[1]

He was a member of the European Parliament for the South constituency in Ireland between 2007 and 2009.^[2] He was appointed in June 2007 following the re-election of the outgoing MEP Simon Coveney to Dáil Éireann. Following the abolition of the dual mandate, Coveney opted to remain in national politics and resigned from the European Parliament. Burke subsequently sat as a Fine Gael and European People's Party MEP. He served on various European Parliament committees including Committee on Foreign Affairs, Internal Market & Consumer Protection (Substitute), Committee on Fisheries (Substitute Member) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (Substitute Member). Burke lost his seat at the 2009 European Parliament election, with Fine Gael party colleague Seán Kelly taking a seat instead.^[3]

Burke was a member of Cork City Council from 1999 to 2007 and served as Lord Mayor of Cork in the 2003–04 term. He was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2011 and is the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Health.

References

↑ "Mr. Colm Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
↑ "Colm Burke". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
↑ "FG's Sean Kelly takes second seat in Ireland South". Irish Independent. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.

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Civic offices
Preceded by John Kelleher	Lord Mayor of Cork 2003	Succeeded by Seán Martin
European Parliament
Preceded by Simon Coveney	Member of the European Parliament for South 2007–2009	Succeeded by Seán Kelly

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East	Liam Aylward (FF / UEN) Avril Doyle (FG / EPP-ED) Mairead McGuinness (FG / EPP-ED)

North-West	Marian Harkin (IND / ALDE) Jim Higgins (FG / EPP-ED) Seán Ó Neachtain (FF / UEN)

South	^†Simon Coveney (FG / EPP-ED) Brian Crowley (FF / UEN) Kathy Sinnott (IND / IND/DEM)

^†Substituted by Colm Burke (FG / EPP-ED) on 19 June 2007.

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Cathaoirleach Paddy Burke (FG) Leader of the Seanad Maurice Cummins (FG)

Administrative Panel	Martin Conway (FG) Mark Daly (FF) Michael W. D'Arcy (FG) John Kelly (Lab) Denis Landy (Lab) Tom Sheahan (FG) Diarmuid Wilson (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Paul Bradford (FG, then RI) Paddy Burke (FG) Michael Comiskey (FG) James Heffernan (Lab, then SD) Paschal Mooney (FF) Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (SF) Brian Ó Domhnaill (FF) Denis O'Donovan (FF) Susan O'Keeffe (Lab) Pat O'Neill (FG) Jim Walsh (FF)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Thomas Byrne (FF) Deirdre Clune (FG) John Gilroy (Lab) Michael Mullins (FG) Labhrás Ó Murchú (FF)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Colm Burke (FG) Paul Coghlan (FG) Jimmy Harte (Lab) Imelda Henry (FG) Marc MacSharry (FF) Catherine Noone (FG) Averil Power (FF, then Ind) Kathryn Reilly (SF) Mary White (FF)

Labour Panel	Terry Brennan (FG) David Cullinane (SF) Maurice Cummins (FG) Fidelma Healy Eames (FG) Cáit Keane (FG) Terry Leyden (FF) Marie Moloney (Lab) Tony Mulcahy (FG) Darragh O'Brien (FF) Ned O'Sullivan (FF) John Whelan (Lab)

National University of Ireland	John Crown (Ind) Rónán Mullen (Ind) Feargal Quinn (Ind)

University of Dublin	Ivana Bacik (Lab) Sean Barrett (Ind) David Norris (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Eamonn Coghlan (Ind, then FG) Jim D'Arcy (FG) Aideen Hayden (Lab) Lorraine Higgins (Lab) Fiach Mac Conghail (Ind) Martin McAleese (Ind) Mary Moran (Lab) Mary Ann O'Brien (Ind) Marie-Louise O'Donnell (Ind) Jillian van Turnhout (Ind) Katherine Zappone (Ind)

Elected or appointed later	2013 Hildegarde Naughton (FG) 2014 Gerard Craughwell (Ind) 2015 Máiría Cahill (Lab)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party RI: Renua Ireland SD: Social Democrats SF: Sinn Féin Ind: Independent

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