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Róisín Shortall TD
- Social Democrats TD for Dublin North West
- Changed party from Independent on 14 Jul 2015; from Labour on 27 Sep 2012
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Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Services, Social Welfare Benefits, Tax Code, Pension Provisions
(based on written questions asked by Róisín Shortall and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 Apr 2024)
“16. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he has considered the proposal submitted to him in March 2024; if he intends to extend the VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16821/24]”
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (17 Apr 2024)
“124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16953/24]”
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Apr 2024)
“125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16960/24]”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 90 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 545 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 3 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.
- 79 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Róisín Shortall speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1169 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