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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 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
381. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the plans with timelines and details of type of buildings; the access to the school and a complex (details supplied); and the parking arrangements as well as the effect on the drainage, sewage, water supply, electricity, gas, broadband and so on to the community and local residents. [68340/26]
Paul Murphy Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
382. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the safety measures that will be put in place to protect the local community during all phases of the building of a new school (details supplied). [68338/26]
Paul Murphy Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
383. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the effect the building of a new school will have on local areas (details supplied) including during the building phases and the effect after it is finished on the local area. [68337/26]
Paul Murphy Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
384. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason constituents have not been updated on the building of a new school (details supplied). [68336/26]
Paul Murphy Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Agriculture
626. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the number of horses exported for slaughter to date. [68731/26]
Paul Murphy Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Agriculture
627. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the number of thoroughbreds rehomed through Treo Eile and the Irish horse welfare trust in 2026. [68732/26]
Paul Murphy Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Children
671. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will provide funding to allow the continuation of childhood development initiative's Dolly Parton imagination library, which provides free books to thousands of children every month. [68662/26]
Paul Murphy Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Health
847. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 66423/26 whether action will be taken against a social media company (details supplied) which continues to have multiple posts (details supplied) promoting these harmful so-called cures. [68772/26]
Paul Murphy Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Enterprise
307. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the process concerning the transposition of Directive (EU) 2025/2450 of 26 November 2025 amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and operation of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights; whether the transposition will require amending …
Paul Murphy Written 23 Sep 2026 · to Health
156. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of a medication (details supplied) for the treatment of Phenylketonuria (PKU) in Ireland. [67252/26]
Paul Murphy Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Climate
90. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the SEAI will inspect properties worked on under the warmer homes scheme, where a homeowner contacts them to complain regarding the work completed. [66425/26]
Paul Murphy Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Education
268. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will consider providing funding to assist in the completion of centre (details supplied). [66530/26]
Paul Murphy Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Education
269. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to maximise participation in the Summer Programme 2027; and to ensure that the highest possible number of students can avail of it. [66533/26]
Paul Murphy Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Agriculture
462. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the governance arrangements that are in place to ensure that persons who report alleged illegal forestry, and persons affected by such investigations, have access to the procedures governing the receipt, assessment, investigation and determination of Alleged Illegal Forestry (AIF) cases; whether the Alleged Illegal Forestry Section operat…
Paul Murphy Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Health
536. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her views that regulation is needed to protect autistic people from unscientific and unregulated products / protocols that can cause serious harm, such as chlorine dioxide solution and chlorine dioxide enemas; and her views that marketing chlorine dioxide as a 'cure' to treat autism should be banned. [66423/26]
Paul Murphy Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Public Expenditure
186. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has plans to introduce a 'tell us once' approach whereby people would be able to inform a single public body about the death of somebody, instead of having to inform multiple different public bodies. [66023/26]
Paul Murphy Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
936. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any written policy, protocol or operational guidance governs the actions of the Garda National Immigration Bureau when a person intercepted during an immigration check on a cross-Border road or public transport service is subsequently returned to Northern Ireland; whether such guidance provides for a formal handover to a UK authorit…
Paul Murphy Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
937. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to persons intercepted by An Garda Síochána or the Garda National Immigration Bureau during immigration checks on cross-Border roads and public transport services, the number subsequently detained; the locations in which they were detained; the number returned or escorted to Northern Ireland or Great Britain; in each case,…
Paul Murphy Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Agriculture
985. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if media reports that Rásaíocht Con Éireann have settled a legal action being taken against them for defamation are true (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64930/26]
Paul Murphy Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Agriculture
998. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the governance arrangements are in place to ensure that appellants before the Forestry Appeals Committee have access to the procedures governing the conduct of their appeals, particularly while the FAC’s published Procedures are stated to be “currently being updated". [65461/26]
Paul Murphy Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Children
1047. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of referrals to the national special care referrals committee per month, over the past 24 months. [65166/26]
Paul Murphy Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1205. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a patient (details supplied) will be approved for continuous glucose monitoring with a dexcom device. [64648/26]
Paul Murphy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Climate
165. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position taken by Ireland in Council negotiations on the proposed suspension of Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 concerning extended producer responsibility authorised representatives (file 2025/0395(COD)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62115/26]
Paul Murphy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Climate
166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the existing "major producer" thresholds of €1 million annual turnover and 10 tonnes of packaging placed on the market continue to apply following the application of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 from 12 August 2026; whether micro-enterprises below those thresholds are now required to register as producers under Article 44 of that Re…
Paul Murphy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
817. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the impact the new €3 customs duty will have on people with disabilities and chronic illnesses who depend on health-related products purchased from suppliers outside the EU; if his Department will seek exemptions to this duty for these products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63328/26]