• Fine Gael TD for Kildare North
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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

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EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (24 Sep 2020)

“Next are Deputies O'Dowd and McAuliffe, who are sharing 13 minutes.”

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (24 Sep 2020)

“I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss whether an update to the identification model for DEIS qualification has been carried out; (2) Deputies Darren O'Rourke, Violet-Anne Wynne and David Cullinane - to discuss compassionate...”

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (24 Sep 2020)

“I now call on Deputy Fitzpatrick, who is sharing with Deputy Tóibín.”

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• Has spoken in 159 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1362 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.
• 64 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Bernard Durkan speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1759 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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