• Fine Gael TD for Kildare North
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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

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

“I am in support. I emphasise the point being made to me, and I am sure everybody else as well, is the time taken to administer all the available assistance. What used to be contained in a single page now goes to 29 pages, which takes time.”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2024)

“I congratulate the new Minister and Minister of State, and the renewed Minister of State as well, and wish them every good fortune and support in their tenure. I wish to ask a simple question. There appears to be strong evidence to the effect that many businesses are affected by a multiplicity of regulations imposed upon them and are having difficulty. Recently, a small business brought...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Policy (18 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply. I ask if it might be possible to do an audit of the hotel space available in County Kildare and other midland counties with a view to ensuring the maximum bed space is available to accommodate tourists to encourage them to avail of the opportunity of visiting those constituencies. This is not to suggest that other temporary occupants of...”

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• Has spoken in 244 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 2206 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 18 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") 2114 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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