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Paul Murphy

People Before Profit-Solidarity Dublin South-West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,527
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
205,529
words spoken in the chamber
Across 1,276 contributions
383
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
314
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,527 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 1,276 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 2
January 2025 78 10
February 2025 138 69
March 2025 120 75
April 2025 115 100
May 2025 97 97
June 2025 88 70
July 2025 92 52
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 66 60
October 2025 50 82
November 2025 84 73
December 2025 59 79
January 2026 94 61
February 2026 71 78
March 2026 49 41
April 2026 76 45
May 2026 50 40
June 2026 58 95
July 2026 67 59
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 30 23
October 2026 45 64

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 977 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Dublin South-West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party People Before Profit-Solidarity 29 November 2024 to now
Paul Murphy Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Housing
398. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the apartment and duplex defects remediation scheme; how retrospective costs will be handled; and the eligibility criteria. [5143/26]
Paul Murphy Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Justice
445. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of family reunification applications that were granted in 2025, broken down by whether the sponsor was, a person with refugee status or a person eligible for subsidiary protection; and the average number of family members granted permission, per successful family reunification application in each category. [5600/26]
Paul Murphy Oral 20 Jan 2026 · to Taoiseach
17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach for an update on the implementation of the Dublin city task force report. [3923/26]
Paul Murphy Oral 20 Jan 2026 · to Taoiseach
28. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach for an overview of his Department’s annual report for 2024. [3924/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Enterprise
467. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide detailed evidence of his statement that “data centres already employ around 21,000 people who manage and operate the facilities”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4291/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Education
470. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will consider renaming leave of absence, following assault for school staff to take account of the fact that in some cases, the injuries will have been inflicted by children with additional needs who have no intention of assaulting staff [3323/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Education
471. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposed new process to remove the requirement for professional reports, such as assessment of need reports, from entry requirements for special schools and special classes [3324/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Education
472. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the level of staff shortages at a school (details supplied); and the impact this is having on the hours of the children attending. [3325/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Education
546. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the expected timeframe for approval of the design and scheduling of the capital works required to restore a building for double-stream mainstream use, including autism classes, at a school (details supplied). [3888/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
748. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will outline the options available to that person following a redundancy in a job which was tied to their visa status. [4300/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Children
825. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the autism assessment and intervention protocol which is due to launch in February 2026 will operate; and the safeguards being put in place to ensure that this will not result in other diagnoses being missed from these children not receiving a full assessment of needs. [3329/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1018. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the current professional regulatory framework adequately protects the public interest where systemic or organisational ethical breaches arise within health and social care services (details supplied). [4261/26]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1019. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no statutory or regulatory mechanism within CORU that allows ethically bound health and social care professionals to report systemic or organisational breaches of professional ethics, as distinct from individual fitness-to-practise complaints; her views on whether the absence of such a mechanism places the burden of ethical responsibility enti…
Paul Murphy Oral 15 Jan 2026 · to Social
11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will introduce a permanent cost-of-disability payment as promised in the programme for Government. [2794/26]
Paul Murphy Oral 15 Jan 2026 · to Social
13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce an emergency winter payment for disabled people to compensate them for the cuts imposed on them in the Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2795/26]
Paul Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Transport
125. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to address the problems with bus services in Dublin south-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2783/26]
Paul Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Transport
138. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will allocate additional capital and supplementary current funding for investment in public transport infrastructure and for new services this year in view of worsening traffic congestion and delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2784/26]
Paul Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Agriculture
484. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing, trials and sales events in 2025 and to-date in 2026, by type of injury; the date and location where they occurred; the number killed outright or euthanised by track vets; the number and causes of additional racing fatalities; and the results of any related post-mortems. [3173/26]
Paul Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Agriculture
485. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses from the horse racing industry sent to slaughter in 2025 in Ireland and abroad; and the locations of the slaughterhouses. [3174/26]
Paul Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Agriculture
486. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of injured horses killed at Irish racecourses or later killed elsewhere in 2025, with a breakdown of type of injury and location; and if, given the ongoing suffering and death at races, he will defund horse racing. [3175/26]
Paul Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Agriculture
487. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses killed at race events (details supplied) or later killed elsewhere as a result of injuries sustained at these festivals; and if, given the high number of fatalities, he will launch investigations. [3176/26]
Paul Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Agriculture
488. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when surgical artificial insemination of canines, including greyhounds, will be banned in Ireland, given the results of his Department's public consultation which found that 99% of those who responded want the grotesque procedure outlawed (details supplied). [3177/26]
Paul Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Health
553. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 837 of 1 July 2025, to outline the funding arrangements for procedures for idiopathic scoliosis in a private hospital (details supplied), including the amount paid per surgery; and the total amount paid to public surgeons working in this hospital for spinal procedures over the past three years, broken down by year. [3077/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Jan 2026 · to Education
60. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding pension parity for caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2622/26]
Paul Murphy Oral 13 Jan 2026 · to Taoiseach
10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [1550/26]