• 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

(based on written questions asked by Catherine Murphy and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Jul 2021)

“421. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to amend the vaccine protocol for the 60-70 age cohort in the context of offering persons in this age profile the option of receiving an alternative to a vaccine (details supplied). [32881/21]”

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jul 2021)

“2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with justice issues will next meet. [37252/21]”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

“Last week, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan of Fianna Fáil was quite blunt in his assessment of the party's handling of the housing crisis. He said: "[Fianna Fáil] doesn’t understand the scale of the housing crisis". I happen to think that the Deputy was being unfair. It is not just Fianna Fáil that does not understand the scale of the housing crisis, it is the entire...”

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• Has spoken in 131 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1567 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1177 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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