Government of PortugalPaulo Muacho
Plenary attendance
Paulo Muacho was present in the chamber at 118 of the 128 with a seat in . Away from the chamber on Assembly business (not an absence): 4 and 2 . Absences: 4 and none . Reasons for justified absences, as the Assembly gives them (in Portuguese): «Doença» (2), «Trabalho Político» (2). (source)
See the figures and every sitting
- Present118
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 0
- 0
Reasons for justified absences
- Trabalho Político: 2
- Doença: 2
All sittings (128)
In the news
2 headlines from Portuguese newspapers
- Paulo Muacho apresenta queixa contra Paulo Núncio observador.pt · 14 October 2026
- Paulo Muacho (Livre) apresenta queixa contra o líder parlamentar do CDS jn.pt · 14 October 2026
Sittings the MP did not attend in the plenary
10 sittings
| Date | Record | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2026 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 3 June 2026 | Present at other parliamentary work | PNO | |
| 14 May 2026 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 13 May 2026 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 12 March 2026 | Present at other parliamentary work | PNO | |
| 29 January 2026 | Justified absence | FJ | Doença |
| 28 January 2026 | Justified absence | FJ | Doença |
| 8 January 2026 | Present at other parliamentary work | PNO | |
| 3 December 2025 | Present at other parliamentary work | PNO | |
| 29 September 2025 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
Committees
32 committees
- Comissão Eventual de Verificação de Poderes dos Deputados Eleitos (Efetivo) 3 June 2025 to 24 June 2025
- Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito ao Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica, I.P. (Efetivo) since 18 September 2025
- Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito aos Negócios dos Incêndios Rurais (Suplente) 9 January 2026 to 26 February 2026
- Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito aos Negócios dos Incêndios Rurais (Suplente) since 27 February 2026
- Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito para avaliação da intervenção de Luís Neves enquanto diretor da Polícia Judiciária durante todos os seus mandatos (2018-2026) e eventual responsabilidade de membros do Governo que o nomearam e tutelaram (Efetivo) since 14 October 2026
- Comissão da Reforma do Estado e Poder Local (Suplente) since 26 June 2025
- Comissão de Assuntos Constitucionais, Direitos, Liberdades e Garantias (Efetivo) since 26 June 2025
- Comissão de Assuntos Europeus (Suplente) since 26 June 2025
- Comissão de Infraestruturas, Mobilidade e Habitação (Suplente) since 26 June 2025
- Comissão de Orçamento, Finanças e Administração Pública (Suplente) 26 June 2025 to 23 October 2025
- Comissão de Orçamento, Finanças e Administração Pública (Efetivo) 25 October 2025 to 25 February 2026
- Comissão de Orçamento, Finanças e Administração Pública (Suplente) 26 February 2026 to 11 March 2026
- Comissão de Orçamento, Finanças e Administração Pública (Suplente) since 12 March 2026
- Comissão de Saúde (Efetivo) 26 June 2025 to 11 March 2026
- Comissão de Saúde (Suplente) 12 March 2026 to 12 April 2026
- Comissão de Saúde (Efetivo) since 13 April 2026
- Comissão de Transparência e Estatuto dos Deputados (Efetivo) since 26 June 2025
- GT - Júri do Prémio Direitos Humanos 2026 (Efetivo) 9 June 2026 to 5 November 2026
- Grupo de Trabalho - Audição de Peticionários e Audiências (Efetivo) since 9 July 2025
- Grupo de Trabalho - Audiências (Efetivo) since 2 July 2025
- Grupo de Trabalho - Júri Prémio Direitos Humanos 2025 (Efetivo) 18 July 2025 to 28 January 2026
- Grupo de Trabalho - Júri Prémio Mário Soares/ Liberdade e Democracia (Efetivo) 17 October 2025 to 26 February 2026
- Grupo de Trabalho - Júri do Prémio Mário Soares 2026 (Efetivo) 18 March 2026 to 5 November 2026
- Grupo de Trabalho - Registo de Interesses (Efetivo) since 8 July 2025
- Grupo de Trabalho para a Implementação da Lei n.º 5-A 2026, de 28 de janeiro - Representação de Interesses (Efetivo) since 12 March 2026
- Grupo de Trabalho para a análise e acompanhamento das iniciativas no âmbito do Código do Direito de Autor e Direitos Conexos que incidem na reprodução de partituras musicais (Suplente) since 13 January 2026
- Grupo de Trabalho – Audições sobre a alteração à Lei da Nacionalidade (Efetivo) 18 July 2025 to 27 October 2025
- Grupo de Trabalho – Criação da Carreira de Medicina Dentária no SNS (Efetivo) since 29 April 2026
- Grupo de Trabalho – Pagamento dos retroativos aos enfermeiros (Efetivo) since 21 October 2026
- Grupo de Trabalho – Saúde Sexual e Reprodutiva (Efetivo) since 17 September 2025
- Subcomissão para a Igualdade e Não Discriminação (Efetivo) since 26 September 2025
- Subcomissão para a Reinserção Social e Assuntos Prisionais (Efetivo) since 26 September 2025
Plenary speeches
124 recorded
- Declaração de voto: 3
- Interpelação à mesa: 4
- Intervenção: 98
- Pedido de esclarecimento: 14
- Pergunta: 5
Record in this legislature
3 legislatures with a plenary seat
Glossary
15 terms explained, with the official rule
- Chamber
- The half-moon room where MPs meet. The Assembly of the Republic has 230 seats. Here each dot is an MP, and the groups run from left to right in the order of the political spectrum. Source: Electoral Law of the Assembly, art. 13.º; Constitution, art. 148.º
- Legislature
- The term of an elected Parliament: four legislative sessions (about four years), or less when the Assembly is dissolved and there is an early election. Each has a Roman numeral; the current one is the XVII. Source: Constitution, art. 171.º
- Legislative session
- One year of parliamentary work. It starts on 15 September. Source: Constitution, art. 174.º
- Constituency
- The area the MP was elected for. There are 22: the 18 mainland districts, the Azores, Madeira and two for Portuguese voters abroad (Europe and Outside Europe). Every MP represents the whole country, not only their constituency. Source: Electoral Law of the Assembly, art. 12.º; Constitution, art. 152.º, n.º 2
- Parliamentary group
- The MPs elected for the same party or coalition, who work together in Parliament. Source: Constitution, art. 180.º; Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 6.º
- Plenary sitting
- The meeting of all MPs in the chamber, where laws are debated and voted on. The Assembly publishes who attended and who was absent at each one, with the justification when there is one. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 56.º
- Present at other parliamentary work
- The MP was not in the chamber because they were doing other Assembly work, for example in a committee or a group meeting. It does not count as an absence. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 53.º
- Parliamentary mission
- The MP was representing the Assembly elsewhere, for example in a delegation abroad. The Assembly records it separately, as an absence on mission, not as a missed sitting. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 56.º, n.º 3
- Justified absence
- The MP was absent for a reason the law accepts: illness, marriage, maternity or paternity, bereavement, force majeure, parliamentary mission or work, or political or party work. The President of the Assembly decides whether the justification is accepted. Source: Statute of MPs, art. 8.º, n.º 2; Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 18.º, n.º 1, al. a)
- Unjustified absence
- The MP was absent without an accepted reason. Each one is deducted from the salary (1/20 for the first three, 1/10 after that), and missing four plenary sittings in a legislative session without a justified reason leads to the loss of the seat. Source: Statute of MPs, art. 23.º, n.º 1; Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 3.º, n.º 1, al. b)
- Not yet classified
- The Assembly recorded the absence with a code that does not say whether it is justified, for example «QV» (absent at the voting quorum) while the justification is pending. Veramundi does not count it as an unjustified absence. Source: Statute of MPs, art. 24.º; Veramundi, how we read the Assembly data
- Absent at the voting quorum
- When there are not enough MPs in the chamber to vote, the President of the Assembly calls them in and records who is missing. The Assembly marks it «QV» and, once justified, «QVJ». Source: Statute of MPs, art. 24.º
- Assembly code
- The abbreviation the Assembly puts on each record. PR: present. PNO: present at another body. ME and MP: parliamentary mission. FJ, QVJ and FAJ: justified absence. FI: unjustified absence. QV and FA: not yet classified. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 56.º; Veramundi, how we read the Assembly data
- Debate with the prime minister
- Every two weeks the prime minister comes to the plenary to answer MPs’ questions. The formats alternate: with an opening statement by the prime minister (point a, «general policy») or questions only (point b). Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 224.º-A
- Replacement
- When an MP leaves or suspends their seat (for example, to join the Government), the seat goes to the next candidate on the same list. That is why a legislature has more names than its 230 seats. Source: Electoral Law of the Assembly, art. 18.º; Statute of MPs, art. 4.º
Other MPs in the group (LIVRE) · 6
Chamber
The half-moon room where MPs meet. The Assembly of the Republic has 230 seats. Here each dot is an MP, and the groups run from left to right in the order of the political spectrum.
Legislature
The term of an elected Parliament: four legislative sessions (about four years), or less when the Assembly is dissolved and there is an early election. Each has a Roman numeral; the current one is the XVII.
Legislative session
One year of parliamentary work. It starts on 15 September.
Constituency
The area the MP was elected for. There are 22: the 18 mainland districts, the Azores, Madeira and two for Portuguese voters abroad (Europe and Outside Europe). Every MP represents the whole country, not only their constituency.
Parliamentary group
The MPs elected for the same party or coalition, who work together in Parliament.
Plenary sitting
The meeting of all MPs in the chamber, where laws are debated and voted on. The Assembly publishes who attended and who was absent at each one, with the justification when there is one.
Present at other parliamentary work
The MP was not in the chamber because they were doing other Assembly work, for example in a committee or a group meeting. It does not count as an absence.
Parliamentary mission
The MP was representing the Assembly elsewhere, for example in a delegation abroad. The Assembly records it separately, as an absence on mission, not as a missed sitting.
Justified absence
The MP was absent for a reason the law accepts: illness, marriage, maternity or paternity, bereavement, force majeure, parliamentary mission or work, or political or party work. The President of the Assembly decides whether the justification is accepted.
Unjustified absence
The MP was absent without an accepted reason. Each one is deducted from the salary (1/20 for the first three, 1/10 after that), and missing four plenary sittings in a legislative session without a justified reason leads to the loss of the seat.
Not yet classified
The Assembly recorded the absence with a code that does not say whether it is justified, for example «QV» (absent at the voting quorum) while the justification is pending. Veramundi does not count it as an unjustified absence.
Absent at the voting quorum
When there are not enough MPs in the chamber to vote, the President of the Assembly calls them in and records who is missing. The Assembly marks it «QV» and, once justified, «QVJ».
Assembly code
The abbreviation the Assembly puts on each record. PR: present. PNO: present at another body. ME and MP: parliamentary mission. FJ, QVJ and FAJ: justified absence. FI: unjustified absence. QV and FA: not yet classified.
Debate with the prime minister
Every two weeks the prime minister comes to the plenary to answer MPs’ questions. The formats alternate: with an opening statement by the prime minister (point a, «general policy») or questions only (point b).
Replacement
When an MP leaves or suspends their seat (for example, to join the Government), the seat goes to the next candidate on the same list. That is why a legislature has more names than its 230 seats.