• 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, Health Services, Greyhound Industry, Animal Welfare, Horse Racing Industry

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Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2024)

“I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "counter to the agenda of equality and inclusion": ", and ensure no school will receive any reduction in the allocation of resources in September 2024, than they had in September 2023; — ensure that the National Council for Special Education allocate additional resources to ensure adequate numbers of Special Educational Needs...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2024)

“Last week the UN Secretary General called for a ban on fossil fuel advertising similar to the ban on tobacco advertising. António Guterres asked every country in the world to bring in this ban. He called fossil fuel companies the godfathers of climate chaos who rake in record profits while the most vulnerable are being left stranded. These fossil fuel companies are destroying our...”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2024)

“I also call for there to be no guillotine on the Planning and Development Bill. It is obviously extremely important as regards how our planning process will work in the years ahead. There were weeks of Committee Stage debate but that will now all be condensed into eight hours or so with a guillotine on Report Stage. It is clear that we need to give this Bill as long as it needs for debate.”

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• Has spoken in 202 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 972 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") 1162 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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