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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 6 Mar 2025 · to Education
254. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will look into the case of a child (details supplied) who has still not been offered a place in a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10373/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Social
314. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if they will instruct his Department to reevaluate partnerships with private companies supplying food as part of the hot school meal programme to ensure that nutritional needs of the students are being met and waste kept to a minimum. [10358/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Justice
330. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will instruct his Department to examine the current laws surrounding concurrent sentences in order to ensure sentencing is fair, effective, and accountable to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10366/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
348. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the news story of five horses being put down after being found ill on an Irish transport in subpar conditions (details supplied); if he will launch an investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10344/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
351. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific timeline for making the results of his Department’s consultation on surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds available for public review, and in respect of any next steps following this consultation. [10377/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
352. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update and specific timeline as to when we can expect the publication and entry into force of the regulations banning the use on dogs and cats of electronic shock collars operated by hand-held remote controls. [10378/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Children
365. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to extending the accommodation recognition payment of €800 monthly in its current state until at least the end of the year in order to continue to support households which have taken in families fleeing from war; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10381/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
410. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide the exact number of children on hormone blockers in Ireland currently. [10349/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
411. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children in Ireland who have had gender-affirming surgery. [10350/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
412. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children who were referred abroad for gender affirming surgery; and where exactly they are being referred to. [10351/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
413. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children being prescribed gender affirming hormones in Ireland. [10352/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
414. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of adults being prescribed gender affirming hormones in Ireland. [10353/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
415. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the Gender Service instructed GPs in Ireland to stop hormone testing for trans people. [10354/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
416. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the free HRT scheme apply to trans women; and the criteria that will be used to make the assessment. [10355/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
420. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the free contraceptive scheme to include long-term, hormone-free contraceptives for women such as the mini-TT 380 copper coil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10382/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
421. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason children over the age of 16 years are required to use adult accident and emergency services rather than the children’s hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10383/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Finance
39. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to reform the DIRT tax from a flat tax to a progressive model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Education
84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) currently does not have school wardens assigned to it; if the appropriate resources will be allocated to the school to ensure they are put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10028/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Education
90. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if it is still planned to have 400 new special classes opened in September 2025 given that the list of special classes only lists 254 new classes; and when further new classes will be announced. [10116/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
134. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant funding an organisation (details supplied) received for their inspections each year since 2019. [9923/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) for linear profiling training since 2019. [9924/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
136. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grand funding for marketing awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) each year since 2023. [9925/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Health
161. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 9 September 2024, if she has been made aware of the case in question; if not, will she examine it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9849/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Health
179. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who had been waiting for an ultrasound for six months only to find out that she had stage 4 cancer; how she intends to ensure that waiting times are shortened to detect issues in a more timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9928/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Health
190. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the current understaffing in the National Ambulance Service; how she intends to solve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9998/25]