Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | May 2002 |
Term End: | May 2007 |
Term Start1: | February 1987 |
Term End1: | November 1992 |
Constituency1: | Dublin Central |
Office2: | Senator |
Term Start2: | 17 September 1997 |
Term End2: | 17 May 2002 |
Constituency2: | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1940 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse: | Mary Fitzpatrick |
Children: | 4, including Mary |
Education: | Coláiste Mhuire, Dublin |
Alma Mater: | University College Dublin |
Dermot Fitzpatrick (12 April 1940 – 23 March 2022)[1] was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency from 1987 to 1992 and from 2002 to 2007. He was a Senator from 1997 to 2002, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[2] [3]
He was a native of Dublin, and was educated at Coláiste Mhuire, an Irish language secondary school in the city, and at University College Dublin, from which he graduated with a degree in medicine. Prior to his entry into politics, he worked as a family doctor.[1]
He retired at the 2007 general election. His daughter Mary Fitzpatrick was one of three Fianna Fáil candidates in Dublin Central for the 2007, 2011, 2016 and 2020 general elections. She did not get elected.[4]