• Fine Gael TD for Tipperary South
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
• Email me whenever Michael Murphy speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Dental Services, Driver Test, An Garda Síochána, Departmental Schemes, Health Services

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

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Care of the Elderly (28 Jul 2026)

“1616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has examined the operation of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 in respect of retirement villages and similar residential developments occupied predominantly by older persons; whether he is concerned that residents who have downsized in line with Government policy may remain indefinitely responsible through...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (16 Jul 2026)

“291. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the pathway available to a family seeking to employ a non-EEA national as a full-time carer, in a private home where a family member has complex medical needs and requires specialist care; whether a general employment permit or any other employment permit may be granted in such circumstances; the criteria that must be met by the...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (16 Jul 2026)

“292. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that families caring for persons with complex medical needs may be unable to obtain an employment permit for a non-EEA healthcare assistant because the employer is a private household rather than a registered healthcare provider; if he will clarify what alternative mechanism exists in such cases; and whether he will...”

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• Has spoken in 101 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 610 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments 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") 31 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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