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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 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
109. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she has any concerns about Children's Health Ireland surgeons who may have performed unnecessary operations on children continuing to operate on them today; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52562/25]
Paul Murphy Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
132. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will agree to a statutory inquiry into possible malpractice at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52559/25]
Paul Murphy Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
160. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will hold a statutory inquiry into orthopaedic surgery at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52560/25]
Paul Murphy Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
180. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Nayagam report, including when and whether it will be published; the reasons it is taking so long to complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52558/25]
Paul Murphy Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Children
393. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 18 September 2025, if she will instruct her Department to provide supports to carers of children with additional needs in order to purchase necessary equipment to safely travel with their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52746/25]
Paul Murphy Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Social
99. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of jobseekers’ payment claimants that have had reduced rates applied to them in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; the amount by which jobseekers’ payments have been reduced in total as a result, for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52261/25]
Paul Murphy Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Social
103. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of reduced rates for jobseekers payments that have been applied to recipients with dependent children in 2023, 2024 and to date 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52343/25]
Paul Murphy Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Health
226. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the consultant identified in an internal HSE audit report as having been paid €1.6 million as a termination payment, including €1.37 million for loss of potential private earnings for a period of three years and eight months during which the doctor concerned was suspended, had worked for CHI. [52551/25]
Paul Murphy Oral 30 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
20. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [50159/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Transport
106. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to ensure that there are no disimprovements to bus services as a result of the launch of Phase 7 of Bus Connects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51683/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Transport
159. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if additional services will be provided on the 15b bus route during the morning peak, as buses are routinely full in the mornings since the schools went back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51684/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Transport
286. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will reverse the decision not to implement default 30 kilometre an hour speed limits in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51847/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Transport
287. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport what steps he will take to ensure that there is no loss of bus service for St. MacDaras Community College and Rossmore Estate as a result of the re-routing of the 150 bus route via Limekiln Road to Greenhills College and the launch of Phase 7 of BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51849/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Transport
288. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will abolish public transport fares as a cost of living, air quality and climate action measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51850/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Finance
314. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will address, in the Budget, the unfairness of low paid workers paying more for TaxSaver public transport tickets than higher paid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51848/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Education
500. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to reduce class sizes and ensure that the school has an appropriate number of teachers. [51961/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Social
663. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on his Department increasing the allowance for pensioners over the age of 80. [51926/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
734. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to prevent a recurrence of the weeks of gorse fires at Ticknock in August 2025 (details supplied), which caused serious air pollution and increased carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51829/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Children
777. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of duty social workers provided by Tusla, divided by area, in tabular form. [51590/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Children
778. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average length of service for duty social workers in Tusla. [51591/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
899. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the damage to public health caused by weeks of gorse fires at Ticknock (details supplied); if she will liaise with the appropriate authorities to take action to prevent a recurrence so as to protect families, children and older people from further heart, lung and neurological damage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51853/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
928. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has received the risk assessment part of a review (details supplied; and if she will commit to publishing it in full and unredacted. [52024/25]
Paul Murphy Oral 25 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when subminimum pay rates for young workers will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50574/25]
Paul Murphy Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will support increasing the national minimum wage to €17 per hour to address the cost of living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50126/25]
Paul Murphy Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will support a substantial increase in the national minimum wage in 2026 to address the cost of living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50125/25]