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ID 257301

IrelandIrelandActive member

Cynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ

RenewRenew Europe
Fianna Fáil Party

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

10

Currently active

7

Total departed

3

Departed share

30.0%

3 of 10

Also draws on 1 shared assistants (1 currently, 0 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

10 own staff since we started watching

One bar per person, from the day we first saw them to the day they left — or until today. A faded left edge means they were already in place on 28/10/2024; a faded right edge means they left at an unknown date before 03/03/2026.

Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26JACK MERVYN DUNNEMichael FORDEEMILY KEANELINDA LEE SCANNELLRORY PETER MARTINMartin O'BRIENFrancis FITZGIBBONJack JONESFrances HEGARTYPaul GROGAN
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsService providersin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
JACK MERVYN DUNNEAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024left before Mar 2026
Michael FORDEAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
EMILY KEANEAccredited assistants07/06/2025in post
LINDA LEE SCANNELLAccredited assistants03/08/2025in post
RORY PETER MARTINAccredited assistants16/06/2026in post
Martin O'BRIENLocal assistants14/11/2024in post
Francis FITZGIBBONLocal assistants26/01/202523/05/2026
Jack JONESLocal assistants03/10/2025in post
Frances HEGARTYPaying agentstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Paul GROGANService providers31/01/2025left before Mar 2026

Departed share comparison

Share of observed own staff who have since left (since 28 Oct 2024).

This Member30.0%
EP average30.2%
Ireland17.3%
Renew Europe Group27.1%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Accredited assistants41500
Local assistants21300
Paying agents10100
Service providers01100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00011

Active assistants · 8

NameCategorySince
Michael FORDEAccredited assistants28/10/2024
EMILY KEANEAccredited assistants07/06/2025
LINDA LEE SCANNELLAccredited assistants03/08/2025
RORY PETER MARTINAccredited assistants16/06/2026
Ciaran BOLGERAccredited assistants (grouping)21/11/2024
Martin O'BRIENLocal assistants14/11/2024
Jack JONESLocal assistants03/10/2025
Frances HEGARTYPaying agents28/10/2024

Office size

Own staff in post per month. Dashed before 03/03/2026: reconstructed from arrivals only. The dashed horizontal line is the median office in the Parliament (5).

Own staff of Cynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-113yes
2024-123yes
2025-014yes
2025-024yes
2025-034yes
2025-044yes
2025-054yes
2025-065yes
2025-075yes
2025-086yes
2025-096yes
2025-107yes
2025-117yes
2025-127yes
2026-017yes
2026-027yes
2026-037no
2026-047no
2026-056no
2026-067no
2026-077no
2026-087no
2026-097no
2026-107no

How long staff stayed

Tenure of staff whose departure is dated. Contracts that ended before 03/03/2026 have no known length and are not shown.

06 mo12 mo18 mo24 moEP median

1 dated departure · office median 16 mo · Parliament median 16 mo

Tenure of departed staff, months
Francis FITZGIBBON16

Former assistants · 3

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Francis FITZGIBBONLocal assistants26/01/202523/05/20261y 4m
JACK MERVYN DUNNEAccredited assistants28/10/2024left before Mar 2026—
Paul GROGANService providers31/01/2025left before Mar 2026—

Our record of the register begins 28/10/2024. "Tracked since" marks a person who was already in place on that day — their actual start date is earlier and is not published to us. Read about the data →