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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Forestry Sector, Grant Payments, Health Services, Schools Building Projects, School Transport

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Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

“This year will go down in living memory as the year that brought farmers across the country to their knees. Incessant rain has caused devastation across every county, leaving farmers and their families reeling in its wake. We have an estimated 6.9 million ha of land overall in Ireland and 64% of this land is suitable for agriculture. However, the Irish agricultural sector overall has...”

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

“Becoming a family carer can happen at any stage in life. It comes about as a result of need. It is undertaken as a result of love. While need and love are the driving forces behind one family member undertaking to attend to the needs of another, the long-term reality of what is involved can prove to be daunting. Neither the need nor the love diminish as time moves on. Until people stand...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (18 Apr 2024)

“150. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the consideration of the VAT proposal submitted by an organisation (details supplied) in March 2024, which calls for the extension of VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists in Ireland; what steps are being taken to address the issues raised by the IACP, including the low VAT turnover threshold, high compliance costs, and...”

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• Has spoken in 49 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 335 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 212 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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