• RISE 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): Covid-19 Pandemic, Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, Human Rights Issues, Animal Welfare, Election Monitoring Missions

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Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (12 May 2021)

“I will be brief. The NESC has referred to the "considerable public governance challenges" in the transition to a low-carbon economy and society. One of those challenges was displayed by the Taoiseach's own intervention yesterday in relation to An Taisce. Does he not see how entirely inappropriate it is for him, as Taoiseach, to attempt to put pressure on a publicly-funded, independent...”

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (12 May 2021)

“7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [24254/21]”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

“The Taoiseach's behaviour in relation to An Taisce is reminiscent of Donald Trump. The emergency powers handed to the Garda and the State last year are due to expire on 9 June but it is rumoured that the Government is thinking of extending them yet again. We have seen how the so called Covid powers have been used to harass Debenhams workers and to ban a car-based protest by taxi drivers....”

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• Has spoken in 201 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 438 written questions in the last year — above 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") 664 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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