• RISE TD for Dublin South West
• Entered the Dáil on 11 October 2014 — Byelection
• Email me whenever Paul Murphy speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Services, Animal Welfare, Greyhound Industry, Horse Racing Industry

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Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

“I will speak for four and a half minutes or so and Deputy Barry will use the rest. It is about time we had a debate on the record of the RSA because it has become a sick joke. I wholeheartedly agree with the more than 30 road safety, cycling and pedestrian campaign groups that have stated that they have lost confidence in the authority because of the sharp increase in road deaths. They...”

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

“I want to start by thanking all the disabled people's organisations that have participated in preparing this motion. Their demands are front and centre, which is exactly as it should be. So far, there is no sign of a Government countermotion, so I presume that means the Government is not going to oppose our motion and will allow it to pass. Before there is uproar and celebration in the...”

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

“The attendance of the Taoiseach’s predecessor, Deputy Varadkar, at the Munich Security Conference, was significant. It was part of a drive that has been ongoing under Deputies Varadkar and Micheál Martin to erode whatever is left of neutrality and to display to the world that we are serious about this stuff, and that they should not worry because we will grow out of the immature...”

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• Has spoken in 201 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 907 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1130 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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