• 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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Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jan 2023)

“In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the next weekly division time.”

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

“Next are Deputies Canney, Verona Murphy and Lowry of the Regional Group. They are sharing time.”

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

“I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this important matter. From dealing with issues relating to health on the health committee for a long period dating back to the health boards, I am deeply conscious of the urgent necessity to respond quickly. I acknowledge the work the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has done already and the serious burden placed on her in the course of recent...”

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• Has spoken in 240 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 2503 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 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 67 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Bernard Durkan speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1965 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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