• Fianna Fail TD for Cavan-Monaghan
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Issues, School Staffing, Schools Building Projects, Brexit Issues

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

“I thank our guests and witnesses for their presentations today. The clear message from all of them is that we need significant Government investment in accommodation. None of us disagree with that. As one of the witnesses said, unfortunately, that does not happen overnight. It takes some years to get those places and beds, literally, in place. All of us know of the pressures on students...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

“Perhaps we could raise that with the Department. I am sure my colleague Deputy Feighan, who represents Sligo and Leitrim, is familiar with the situation in Sligo, but it is one that all of us would be glad to raise with the Minister.”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)

“19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the new national development plan sets an enhanced level of ambition for collaborative cross-Border public investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39837/25]”

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• Has spoken in 46 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 393 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 28 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Brendan Smith speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1022 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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