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Catherine Murphy TD
- Social Democrats TD for Kildare North
- Changed party from Independent on 14 Jul 2015
- Entered the Dáil on 11 March 2005 — Byelection
- Email me whenever Catherine Murphy speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Data, An Garda Síochána, Departmental Staff, Departmental Contracts
(based on written questions asked by Catherine Murphy and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)
“The Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities completed a review into local government last October. I raised this issue in November and have raised it in parliamentary questions subsequently. The report was scathing. It found, not surprisingly, that Ireland has the most centralised system of local decision making and referred to the balance of power between the...”
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) “Can we complete the last question?”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 91 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 1256 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 56 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Catherine Murphy speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1354 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register