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Catherine Murphy TD

- 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)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, An Garda Síochána, Departmental Data, Departmental Staff, Special Educational Needs
(based on written questions asked by Catherine Murphy and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022
Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions
Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2023) “The witnesses are very welcome. On the general government debt, what agencies have substantial borrowings other than, obviously, government bodies like local authorities and, I presume, Irish Water, which would be another significant one?”
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022
Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions
Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2023) “I am just looking for the bigger ones.”
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022
Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions
Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2023) “Irish Water would be quite a big one,”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 88 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 1247 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.
- 54 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Catherine Murphy speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1336 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
(Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
Register of Members' Interests
1. Occupational Income
Nil
2. Shares
Shares: Eneclann Ltd., Unit 1B, Trinity Enterprise Centre, Dublin 2: heritage, genealogy, digital archives & digital publishing.
3. Directorships
Board member: Co. Kildare Centre for the Unemployed: resource centre.
4. Land
Nil
5. Gifts
Nil
6. Property and Service
Nil
7. Travel Facilities
Nil
8. Remunerated Positions
Nil
9. Contracts
Nil
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register