That does not make it terrorism.
TDs / Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy
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1,527
questions asked
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205,529
words spoken in the chamber
Across 1,276 contributions
383
votes recorded
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314
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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Questions asked 1,527 in all
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Contributions to debates 1,276 in all
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| 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 |
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Plus 977 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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- constituency Dublin South-West 29 November 2024 to now
- party People Before Profit-Solidarity 29 November 2024 to now
When was it named Herzog Park?
When was it named Herzog Park? It was ten or 20 years ago.
That is not history.
But not the park.
It is still history if you change the name of the park.
It is a shame the Taoiseach scrapped the idea of a citizens' assembly.
21. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach about his Department’s plans to co-ordinate a range of actions aimed at regulatory reform. [65781/25]
The programme for Government says the Government will move responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments, MUD, Acts to the Department of housing from the Department of justice and establish a unit in the Housing Agency to regulate owners' management companies, OMCs, to ensure effective governance. That is important work that needs to happen. The problem is that it is not happening currently, but it has been agreed. …
The Housing Agency has not been allocated funding for doing any regulatory work as a result. This needs urgent action.
During the last budget, the then Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, claimed there was no need for cost-of-living payments in the budget because, "inflation has now returned to normal rates." He said inflation would be around 2% this year. What a load of rubbish, gaslighting people that the cost of living was actually becoming more affordable, when the dogs on the street know that it is not. He has now swanned off…
On Monday night, Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Labour, the Green Party and right-wing Independents all voted to raise rents on the poorest households in Dublin city. These are council tenants, AHB tenants, HAP and RAS tenants who do not even get any maintenance from the council and who are all set to have their rents increased from April. There are plans to do the same across the country. This is pointed towards in the Gov…
We are introducing this Bill today because the Government has failed to put its money where its mouth is. On Palestine and Gaza, it is all talk and no action. Sanctions by Ireland on Israel would make a real difference because, shamefully, Ireland is now the world's second largest importer of Israeli goods. During the genocide of the past two years, trade between Ireland and apartheid Israel has exploded from €198 mi…
I thank those who brought forward this motion, which we support. I mostly thank and pay tribute to the whistleblowers who are in the Gallery and those at home and elsewhere. One of the privileges of my job is that I get to meet whistleblowers while they are in the process of whistleblowing. I get to work with them as they are trying to bring justice and do good in whatever sphere they work in.
I have met a whole bun…
7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will next meet. [63466/25]
For 15 months, an Irish citizen from County Antrim has been held without trial in an English prison and has had his rights denied. Jordan Devlin is being locked inside for 23 and a half hours per day. He is being strip searched twice daily. His mail has been withheld, his visits are blocked and his calls are denied. His sister said, "They put him on public protection so he can't speak to anyone". She also said:
They…
But in Britain, if you just hold a sign saying "Free Palestine Action", you can be arrested.
That is crazy.
And they got bashed, did they not?
They got battered by gardaí, did they not?
Did the Taoiseach support the gardaí battering them?
They were protesting trade with Israel.
21. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the programme plan for his Department’s new disability unit for 2025-2027. [63467/25]
The budget was a savage attack on disabled people. It took over €1,000 out of the pockets of disabled people and betrayed the promise in the programme for Government to introduce a permanent annual cost-of-disability support payment. The last time I asked about this, the Taoiseach claimed the cost of disability would be looked at in the next budget. The cost-of-living crisis is now. The cost-of-disability crisis is n…
This is the 12th time I have been in here and asked to vote for a huge amount of money to be handed over to the horse and greyhound racing industry. This year what we are asked to vote for is €100 million, about €20 million to greyhound racing and about €80 million to horse racing. To put that in context, that is close to the total funding for Sport Ireland. It is more than three times the amount of core funding give…