• 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)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Special Educational Needs, Departmental Records, Appointments to State Boards, Planning Issues, Health Services

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2018)

“I realise today's Brexit events are understandably overshadowing everything else. However, today women at the centre of the CervicalCheck controversy and their families still find themselves fighting against the HSE and the State just to get access to their own medical information. They are living in fear, with some in the midst of very aggressive forms of cancer treatment. Others are...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2018)

“I would love to believe what I am being told but seven people have contacted me who are caught up in this and who have been directly impacted. Why would they contact me if this was working? The Tánaiste should ask himself that question. I have been told the HSE has been put on notice that there will be a case in the High Court to demand these slides. Why would that happen if this...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2018)

“There are seven cases.”

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• Has spoken in 122 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 984 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 997 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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