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Catherine Connolly TD
- Independent TD for Galway West
- Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
- Email me whenever Catherine Connolly speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): International Protection, Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries, Covid-19 Pandemic, Middle East, Direct Provision System
(based on written questions asked by Catherine Connolly and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
“I am sickened to my core by the divisive nature of what has just taken place here. I want to thank the Social Democrats for bringing this motion. I would like to place a little context on it. I have less than four minutes so I will do my best. Two days after we celebrated our national identity, nationally and internationally, 1,320 people were living on the streets of Dublin in tents. ...”
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
“Deputy, please.”
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)
“Just before the Minister responds, I want to point out that this is a question on Cork. I am enforcing the rules here.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 565 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 665 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 45 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Catherine Connolly speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1474 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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