Dermot Fitzpatrick
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Dermot Fitzpatrick (12 April 1940 – 23 March 2022) 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.
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.
He retired at the 2007 general election. His daughter Mary Fitzpatrick was a Fianna Fáil candidate in Dublin Central for the 2007, 2011, 2016, 2020, and 2024 general elections, but was not elected.