• 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

(based on written questions asked by Bernard Durkan and answered by departments)

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

“I thank the Minister of State. Next, I call Deputies Joan Collins and Thomas Pringle, who are sharing ten minutes.”

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

“Is Deputy Harkin sharing her time?”

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

“The Deputy following Deputy Harkin has five minutes.”

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• Has spoken in 239 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 2267 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") 2117 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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