• Social Democrats TD for Kildare North
• Changed party from Independent on 14 Jul 2015
• Entered the Dáil on 11 March 2005 — Byelection
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, An Garda Síochána, Departmental Data, Departmental Staff, Departmental Contracts

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Business Support Package: Statements (23 May 2024)

“I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. One of the things business people will tell you is about the high input costs, including, for example, energy. We have some of the highest energy costs in Europe. It depends on the particular business but they will tell you about insurance costs. They will all talk about them but some businesses are particularly impacted by it. The...”

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

“The witnesses are very welcome. It seems to me that the discipline goes in one direction. Why was the Chief of Staff not told to be the Accounting Officer? There appears to me to be a bit of Teflon here. I will continue with the previous line of questioning. As regards discipline, the fact hat people were completely silenced led to a point where there was a crisis in recruitment....”

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

“I know that.”

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• Has spoken in 96 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1238 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.
• 56 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Catherine Murphy speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1359 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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