Miss Áine Murphy

Title: Miss
Official Last Name: Murphy
Official First Name: Áine
Usual First Name: Áine
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/07/2021 - 27/03/2022

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
05/07/2021	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Nationalist, Replaced Mr Seán Lynch
13/05/2022	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
28/09/2026 - Present	Committee Member	Public Accounts Committee
07/09/2026 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Finance
06/11/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee for the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Committee for Infrastructure
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
25/06/2026 - 25/06/2026	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office and the Committee for Justice
17/06/2026 - 17/06/2026	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the School Uniforms (Trousers) Bill
18/05/2026 - 21/05/2026	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Communities and the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
27/02/2025 - 29/05/2025	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
10/02/2025 - 07/09/2026	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
12/02/2024 - 10/02/2025	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
27/09/2021 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
15/09/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Communities

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
21/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
07/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Homelessness
20/06/2022 - 21/05/2024	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

16 Questions, Page 1 of 2

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQW 55835/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the development of the Rural Policy and Action Plan 2026-2041, including when the final plan with measurable delivery targets will be published.

03/11/2026

To be answered by 18/11/2026

AQW 55834/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department has made any assessment of the accessibility of the Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme for (i) small farms; (ii) part-time farms; and (iii) farms located in severely disadvantaged areas.

03/11/2026

To be answered by 18/11/2026

AQW 55833/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number and value of applications made under the Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme, broken down by (i) council area; and (ii) farm type.

03/11/2026

To be answered by 18/11/2026

AQW 55832/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail whether sufficient funding is available to approve every eligible application made under the 2026 Farming with Nature Transition Scheme.

03/11/2026

To be answered by 18/11/2026

AQW 55831/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of applications that were received under the Farming with Nature Transition Scheme from farm businesses in Fermanagh and South Tyrone in 2026; (ii) the number of applications that were unsuccessful; and (iii) the reasons why those applications were unsuccessful.

03/11/2026

To be answered by 18/11/2026

AQO 4201/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the consultation on the Inquiry Rules regarding Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses.

22/10/2026

To be answered on 17/11/2026

AQO 4169/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on a local equivalent of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme.

View Official Report for AQO 4169/22-27

15/10/2026

Answered on 02/11/2026

AQO 4063/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the design phase of the new Bunscoil An Traonaigh, Lisnaskea.

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24/09/2026

Answered on 07/10/2026

AQW 53536/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any consideration given to responses opposing the proposed categorisation of hospitals in the Hospitals: Creating a Network for Better Outcomes consultation; and (ii) whether his Department intends to retain, amend or remove that categorisation framework.

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01/10/2026

Answered on 16/10/2026

AQO 4036/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to set out all communication they have had with candidates deemed appointable from the public competition to the board of the Victims and Survivors Service.

24/09/2026

To be answered on 05/10/2026

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