• Solidarity TD for Dublin South West
• Entered the Dáil on 11 October 2014 — Byelection
• Email me whenever Paul Murphy speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Human Rights Issues, Animal Welfare, Departmental Contracts Data, Election Monitoring Missions, Departmental Expenditure

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)

“There are two questions here. The first concerns the overrun and its extent, and the distinction to be made there. The second relates to the delay in the Government finding out about it, compared with the position of the board. In that respect, the position of Paul Quinn, the chief procurement officer, is important given that he was on the development board. First, to return to the...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)

“In terms of the role Mr. Quinn played on the board, as far as I can see from the briefing note, Mr. Watt agrees that Circular 12/2010 in respect of the code of obligations for civil servants on State bodies applied to him. It has sometimes been said that he was on the board in a personal capacity as a way of getting out of the obligations of that circular. Mr. Watt seems to accept that...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)

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• Has spoken in 128 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 101 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• 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") 430 times in debates — average among TDs.
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