• 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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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Dec 2021)

“I am bit concerned about postponing the meeting at this stage as we are in the run up to Christmas. We could well find ourselves without a slot if we encounter further inclement weather conditions to the extent we have today. We should go ahead with the meeting today and we can have a second meeting, if necessary. That would be a better proposal. I propose we have a second meeting to deal...”

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

“The Deputy cannot receive good news properly. He should put up his aerial.”

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

“I will not delay the House long because it has been a long day and a long night. I compliment the Minister on the dedication and the single-mindedness with which she set about the task she has had for the past year in the face of the advancing Covid pandemic and on being able to respond to so many people so quickly, turning around applications so quickly. It is a great tribute to her and...”

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• Has spoken in 230 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 2472 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.
• 66 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Bernard Durkan speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1864 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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