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Joe O'Brien TD
- Green Party TD for Dublin Fingal
- Entered the Dáil on 29 November 2019 — Byelection
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Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Medicinal Products, Pigmeat Sector, Schools Building Projects
(based on written questions asked by Joe O'Brien and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
“Thank you, Ceann Comhairle, for your intervention and your comments. Since January, approximately 2,400 beds have been brought into use for those seeking accommodation by the international protection accommodation services. That said, week in, week out, we are opening new accommodation centres in communities across the country. Thankfully, by and large, they go unremarked upon because,...”
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Men's Sheds (21 Mar 2024)
“In November 2023, I was delighted to announce funding of €1 million to support Men’s Sheds throughout the country. The initiative will see grants of up to €3,000 provided to over 400 Men’s Sheds nationwide to assist them with running costs such as electricity or insurance bills. The individual grants will be distributed to the Men’s Sheds via its...”
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (20 Mar 2024)
“The Pobal HP Deprivation Index is Ireland's primary social gradient tool, commissioned by Pobal every five years following the completion of the national census. The most recent deprivation index was published in November 2023, using data 2022 census data. The index provides a deprivation score for each of Ireland's 18,919 Small Areas, ranging from Extremely Disadvantaged to Very...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 48 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — well below 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 3 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Joe O'Brien speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 239 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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