• Fine Gael TD for Kerry
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Brendan Griffin speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Grant Payments, Social Welfare Benefits, Tax Code, Social Welfare Appeals, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

“RTÉ workers are protesting outside the gates of Leinster House this lunchtime over the issue of bogus self-employment. This is an issue I have raised with the Taoiseach and here in the Chamber on a number of occasions. A total of 396 workers were let go by RTÉ after the Eversheds review. Based on the figures provided to me here last week by the Taoiseach, 297 of those workers...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Minister. I welcome and encourage that engagement with industry and the representative bodies in particular. The Minister is very welcome to come to Kerry at any stage and engage with the operators on the ground. He has been very good in the past in coming to the county and meeting people. They have always been very impressed with him and he has always responded, which is...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

“63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he plans to support and compensate business owners in towns such as Killarney, County Kerry, where the displacement of tourism accommodation for use as emergency accommodation has resulted in significant reductions in footfall and consumer spending; the supports he is planning for the broader SME sector and businesses exposed to...”

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• Has spoken in 63 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 829 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 326 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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