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Bernard Durkan TD

- Fine Gael TD for Kildare North
- Email me whenever Bernard Durkan 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): Residency Permits, Social Welfare Benefits, Asylum Applications, Citizenship Applications, Schools Building Projects
(based on written questions asked by Bernard Durkan and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Scouting Ireland: Statements: Drugs Dealing (5 Dec 2019)
“The order of appearance of the next two Topical Issue matters, Nos. 3 and 4, by agreement with the Ministers and the Deputies, has been reversed.”
- Scouting Ireland: Statements: Road Safety Data (5 Dec 2019)
“Order, please.”
- Scouting Ireland: Statements: Road Safety Data (5 Dec 2019)
“Order, please. We cannot have that debate. Please allow the Minister to conclude.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 195 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 2384 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.
- 62 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Bernard Durkan speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1717 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
(Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
Register of Members' Interests
1. Occupational Income
Dáil Deputy: Timard, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
2. Shares
Nil
3. Directorships
Member of Oireachtas Commission.
4. Land
Timard, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, 43a, 3r, 10p: farmland & family home.
5. Gifts
Nil
6. Property and Service
Nil
7. Travel Facilities
Nil
8. Remunerated Positions
Nil
9. Contracts
Nil
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register