• Fine Gael TD for Kildare North
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Residency Permits, Social Welfare Benefits, Asylum Applications, Citizenship Applications, Schools Building Projects

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Development (13 Dec 2018)

“I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for affording me this further opportunity to raise the issue of the development of the town centre in Naas, County Kildare, which has been stalled for approximately ten years. Suffice it to say that many gallons of water have passed under many bridges since I first raised this issue. I was initially informed that it was about to be resolved. A...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Development (13 Dec 2018)

“I welcome the Minister of State's response. It gives me hope. The only thing that worries me is that one can say "Live horse and you will get grass" in many of these situations. We have done this before. A major issue was to get an anchor tenant to suit the location and a great deal of work has been done on that. It is to be hoped that has concluded satisfactorily at this stage. It...”

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee (13 Dec 2018)

“I understand that it is proposed to refer this Bill to the Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport pursuant to Standing Orders 84A and 149.”

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• Has spoken in 205 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 2672 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 57 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Bernard Durkan speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1639 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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