• Labour TD for Wexford
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff Data, Visa Applications, Brexit Data, Citizenship Applications, Social Welfare Benefits

(based on written questions asked by Brendan Howlin and answered by departments)

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

“How many prosecutions failed on that basis?”

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

“It is an defence, not an exemption.”

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

“This is Committee Stage of the Bill, and we have as much time as we need to tease out what we need to in exactly the same way as a committee.”

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• Has spoken in 100 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 138 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 56 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Brendan Howlin speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2253 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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