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Duncan Smith TD
- Labour TD for Dublin Fingal
- Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
- Email me whenever Duncan Smith 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 Staff, Housing Provision, Health Services Staff, Health Services, Covid-19 Pandemic
(based on written questions asked by Duncan Smith and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)
“I will be sharing with my colleague Deputy Ó Ríordáin. Despite some progress in recent years, there are still significant gaps and disparities that persist in our special education system. Too many students and children are being hindered from full inclusion and participation in our schools. Too many children are being left behind and deprived of the support and resources...”
- Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)
“I hope the Tánaiste had the opportunity last weekend to read Erica Tierney's article in The Irish Times. Ms Tierney wrote about her experience of being pregnant while diagnosed with breast cancer. She finished her treatment on 30 April 2020, and one week later was informed by the Department of Social Protection that her maternity leave had run out. Ms Tierney is the inspiration behind...”
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 May 2024)
“115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount he has allocated to a project to proceed to planning in full (details supplied); whether any requests for further funding have been received by his Department; if he intends to fulfil those funding requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20262/24]”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 80 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 752 written questions in the last year — well above 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 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 3 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Duncan Smith speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 292 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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