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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Services, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Disability Services, School Transport

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Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

“I am happy to welcome budget 2026. It takes meaningful steps to delivering many of the commitments contained in the programme for Government. It is important to say that a programme for Government is a five-year commitment, and we have made a reasonable start in many areas. Looking at my Department, we are providing an additional €79 million in funding for apprenticeships, bringing...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

“I would like to thank Deputy Currie for raising this important question. This Government is focused on equipping Ireland’s workforce with the skills needed to deliver new housing, drive retrofitting projects, and meet Ireland’s infrastructural priorities under the National Development Plan. Workers are needed across different skills levels and the apprenticeship model...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Oct 2025)

“I would like thank Deputy Currie for her question and her interest in how our department is supporting the use and adoption of modern methods of construction (MMC). Advancing MMC is a key commitment in the Programme for Government and my Department works with sectoral partners such as SOLAS, Education and Training Boards, the National Construction Training Campus, and Skillnet Ireland to...”

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• Has spoken in 25 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 38 written questions in the last year — well below average among TDs.
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• 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 417 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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