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
10/02/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
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
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:

68 Questions, Page 1 of 7

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQW 49525/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Education whether any of the planned specialist provision in mainstream schools classes for the 2026–2027 academic year are at risk of delay.

24/06/2026

To be answered by 09/07/2026

AQW 49524/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Education to detail the expected timeline for the six additional specialist provision in mainstream schools classes currently being progressed in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, including when each will become operational.

24/06/2026

To be answered by 09/07/2026

AQW 49523/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the current number of children in Fermanagh and South Tyrone assessed as requiring a specialist provision in mainstream schools placement; and (ii) how this compares to the 48 additional places created since the start of the 2025–2026 academic year.

24/06/2026

To be answered by 09/07/2026

AQW 49522/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Education to detail the 40 specialist provision in mainstream schools in Fermanagh and South Tyrone by (i) school; (ii) type of need catered for; and (iii) number of places available in each class.

24/06/2026

To be answered by 09/07/2026

AQO 3833/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she will bring forward another tranche of part-time 20mph speed limit schemes at schools.

18/06/2026

To be answered on 29/06/2026

AQW 48898/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer (i) AQW 46263/22-27; and (ii) AQW 46262/22-27. [Priority Written]

17/06/2026

To be answered by 22/06/2026

AQO 3764/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Education to outline any consideration he has given to price control measures as part of his plans for the Early Learning and Childcare Strategy.

View Official Report for AQO 3764/22-27

11/06/2026

Answered on 22/06/2026

AQW 48490/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the status of the Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme, including when it is expected to open. [Priority Written]

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11/06/2026

Answered on 16/06/2026

AQW 46266/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the areas within the Fermanagh and Omagh District of the Western Health and Social Care Trust that have the longest Category one response times; and (ii) any targeted measures that are being implemented in those areas. [Priority Written]

14/05/2026

To be answered by 19/05/2026

AQW 46265/22-27

Miss Áine Murphy
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the Category one ambulance response times within the Fermanagh and Omagh district of the Western Health and Social Care Trust, in each of the last 12 months.

14/05/2026

To be answered by 01/06/2026

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