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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 14 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
622. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the marketing grant of €16,000 awarded to an organisation (details supplied), the proportion of the grant that is allocated towards the engagement of a digital marketing consultant or contractor. [53518/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
623. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the marketing grant of €16,000 awarded to an organisation (details supplied), the expenditure categories that have been approved under the grant. [53519/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
624. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the marketing grant of €16,000 awarded to an organisation (details supplied), the proportion of the funding intended for social media management, content creation, website updates, advertising, or other digital promotion activities. [53520/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
625. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the marketing grant of €16,000 awarded to an organisation (details supplied), if his Department received a detailed breakdown of the way this funding will be spent; and, if so, if this breakdown will be made available. [53521/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
626. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the marketing grant of €9,275 awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for an online show entry system, the rationale for approving this expenditure. [53522/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
627. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the allocation of €9,275 awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for an online show entry system, if he is aware that the organisation has not organised or held a show since 2024. [53523/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
628. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the allocation of €9,275 awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for an online show entry system, if he is aware that the former society show ground has been leased for an initial period of at least three years to a private group for a fee. [53524/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
629. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the allocation of €9,275 awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for an online show entry system, if his Department has assessed whether this expenditure represents value-for-money; and whether the system will be used for events directly organised by the grant recipient. [53526/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
630. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the allocation of €9,275 awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for an online show entry system, the safeguards in place to ensure that publicly funded equipment or systems are not used primarily for the benefit of third-party private organisations. [53527/26]
Paul Murphy Written 9 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
42. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide evidence for a claim made in the Dáil by the Minister for State with special responsibility for Forestry, Farm Safety, and Horticulture that hare coursing is worth €70 million to the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52197/26]
Paul Murphy Oral 9 Jul 2026 · to Health
91. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if children who are private patients have been prioritised over public patients for surgery in our public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52178/26]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Education
103. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth in relation to a school (details supplied), whether a new 2B form will have to be completed for the school to be included in the next tranche of National Development Plan projects. [51973/26]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Education
104. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will engage with a school (details supplied) in relation to the requirement to clear and secure a building site, triggered by correspondence from their insurers indicating that the school needed to engage a contractor to secure the building site as a matter of urgency. [51974/26]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
147. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the evidential basis where join family processing times were changed from four to eight weeks to six to 12 months; and the notification provided to existing CSEP holders. [52047/26]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
148. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Embassy prioritise student visa applications during academic intake seasons at the expense of pending join family applications; and if so, the way this is consistent with the published commitment to chronological processing. [52048/26]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
149. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific measures that ensure the join family backlog does not grow indefinitely given three annual academic intake seasons. [52049/26]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
150. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current total number of pending join family applications at an embassy (details supplied); and the projected clearance date for applications received in early 2026. [52050/26]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
159. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the current delays being experienced by people trying to secure IRP renewals (details supplied); and the steps currently being taken to reduce them. [52166/26]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Children
193. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and if she will engage with the families affected to ensure childcare costs are affordable. [52122/26]
Paul Murphy Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
59. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a detailed and specific update on the constraints imposed on implementing the NDP due to grid capacity issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51479/26]
Paul Murphy Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
66. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to designating any data centres as critical infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51478/26]
Paul Murphy Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
116. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to instruct her Department to allocate emergency humanitarian funding through Irish Aid to support emergency medical care, clean water, food, temporary shelter, medicines, and other essential relief supplies in Venezuela. [51726/26]
Paul Murphy Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
117. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to instruct her Department to support humanitarian initiatives being organised by Venezuelans living in Ireland. [51727/26]
Paul Murphy Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
118. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade working through the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism, to identify additional support Ireland could provide to Venezuela, whether through financial assistance, specialised equipment, logistics, technical expertise, or personnel, where appropriate, to complement the international response already underway. [51728/26]
Paul Murphy Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Climate
134. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the transposition of Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791 will occur within the Summer Legislative Programme 2026, as it is not named within the programme, and if a specific timeline of its transposition can be provided. [51607/26]