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Richard O'Donoghue TD
- Independent TD for Limerick County
- Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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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, Departmental Transport, EU Data, State Examinations, Forestry Sector
(based on written questions asked by Richard O'Donoghue and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)
“I have here some captions from my Auntie Eileen's day-to-day diary from 1936. One of the captions said that P. had gone to the creamery - P. was my father - that Ned Barry had called with the paper, that she and Kathy were reading the paper and that Ned Barry had gone out to help in the yard. I am very involved in vintage circles. Recently, I was taking stuff out of a loft. There was a...”
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
“I have grown up with many people from different Traveller accommodation. I can remember long back to when Travellers were coming to different areas and the culture. In some places, where people are living in Traveller accommodation, it is very poor. Some people are in residential areas and others have bought their own houses. However, does the regulation cover where there is an influx of...”
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
“I will talk straight here. Every Government that has come in here, including Labour of old, said it would build. That party had the Minister with responsibility for housing, Deputy Alan Kelly, at one time and built nothing while it was there. They are full of wind. It is like they are going to huff, they are going to puff and they are going to blow your house down. They are going to huff...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 88 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 56 written questions in the last year — below 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 13–14 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 10 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Richard O'Donoghue speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 375 times in debates — average among TDs.
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