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Bernard Durkan TD
- Fine Gael TD for Kildare North
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Residency Permits, Social Welfare Benefits, Asylum Applications, Citizenship Applications, Schools Building Projects
(based on written questions asked by Bernard Durkan and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (21 Mar 2024)
“The Ceann Comhairle and the Minister of State can understand the frustration of local public representatives because everything is answered except the question that is fundamental to the issue, that is, how to restore the access that was there before September last. At that time, some of us put forward the idea of seeking an interim injunction to state the case for the State to access its...”
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (21 Mar 2024)
“That is what I am trying to do. We will be visiting this site again.”
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (21 Mar 2024)
“Indeed it is and I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this particularly important issue for north Kildare and for the country. It is important for the protection of the national interests in the arts, the preservation of great houses, for the history of area and for the need to ensure that whatever happens around Castletown House has the full support of the...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 253 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 2233 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 17 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 69 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Bernard Durkan speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2112 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register