• 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): Covid-19 Pandemic, Greyhound Industry, Animal Welfare, Health Services, Gender Recognition

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International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

“It was very strange yesterday on Leaders' Questions. I counted no fewer than seven times when Jack Chambers, stepping in for the Taoiseach, called for a debate on our migration policy. This is kind of the last refuge of the scoundrel. Rather than actually coming out and arguing for a position, they just say we need to have a debate about it, suggesting that somehow they are not able to...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2025)

“Smaller apartments.”

Decriminalisation of People Who Use Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2025)

“I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion. Decriminalisation of all drugs has been the policy of People Before Profit for very many years. We were delighted to see that this was finally adopted as a consensus cross-party position in the interim report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use, which was then chaired by Gino Kenny. The report was published last October....”

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• Has spoken in 185 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 803 written questions in the last year — well 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") 1332 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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