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Bernard Durkan TD
- Fine Gael TD for Kildare North
- Email me whenever Bernard Durkan speaks (no more than once per day)
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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
- Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)
“I compliment all involved on a very interesting and sensitive debate, which was needed. I also compliment them on the manner in which it was dealt with. I recognise the efforts made by all of the people involved to identify and empathise with the families and the sufferers themselves. Incidentally, somebody made reference to the Upper House and the Lower House. This is the Upper House....”
- Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)
“I am loath to interrupt but we have to try to get everybody in.”
- Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)
“We know that, but the Deputy has knowledge of this serious subject. We try to accommodate everybody insofar as possible. We will now try to accommodate Deputy Buckley.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 254 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 2245 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.
- 68 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Bernard Durkan speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2110 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
(Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register