• 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, Special Educational Needs, Departmental Staff Data, Covid-19 Pandemic, Planning Issues

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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

“I welcome the witnesses. I always watch out for language in opening statements and some things jumped out at me. I have a different description of some terms. Fiscal transfers, for me, are penalties for not achieving something. Regarding recalculation, NBI has missed its targets. Turning to savings, those came from unspent moneys in programmes that were necessary, but I will be fair and...”

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

“The Department might give us a note on that. I am not on that committee so I did not have the benefit of that engagement and with the best will in the world, we cannot cover everything but we are at the Committee of Public Accounts today. The Department might give us a note on what has been recalculated and on what efforts are being made to catch up on the targets. I had big issues-----”

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

“-----with this contract but I have no issue with the broadband being rolled out.”

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• Has spoken in 128 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1469 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.
• 52 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Catherine Murphy speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1187 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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