• Social Democrats TD for Kildare North
• Changed party from Independent on 14 Jul 2015
• Entered the Dáil on 11 March 2005 — Byelection
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• 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)

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

“I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. We know how devastating road deaths are. It is not for now; it is for a lifetime for families, as are the catastrophic injuries, which are life-changing for so many people. Of the 63 road deaths this year, the breakdown is 26 drivers, 19 passengers, 12 pedestrians, two cyclists and four motorcyclists, so it is not just drivers, and...”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Apr 2024)

“93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí in the roads policing unit for each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, to include a breakdown by rank and division for each of those years, in tabular form. [16830/24]”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (16 Apr 2024)

“206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide local authorities capital active travel budgets in order to provide certainty in the context of planning and delivering active travel projects; and if he will develop an active travel maintenance budget for implemented active travel infrastructures. [16313/24]”

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• Has spoken in 89 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1266 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") 1353 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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