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Robert Troy TD
- Fianna Fail TD for Longford-Westmeath
- Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
- Email me whenever Robert Troy 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): Hospital Appointments Status, Departmental Expenditure, Hospital Waiting Lists, Covid-19 Pandemic, Medical Card Applications
(based on written questions asked by Robert Troy and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)
“I thank the Chair for allowing me to ask a question at the committee here today. I listened to the Minister, and I suppose we all want to ensure that we have a system that is fair, efficient and robust, that people can have confidence in, where those who are seeking asylum legitimately are afforded asylum and those who are playing the system are returned to the country they came from....”
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)
“Does the Minister agree that the exorbitant lengths of time it has taken has undermined the confidence of the people in the system? I agree that it is welcome that the process has become a lot more efficient but the inefficiency has led to an erosion of confidence in the system initially. Again, we are looking at approaching this from a cross-European perspective, which I think is right....”
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)
“The Minister has been in place for four years and the number of safe countries that Ireland has designated is much lower than, say, even the likes of Holland. Why?”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 55 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 586 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above 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.
- 60 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Robert Troy speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 857 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register