• Fianna Fail TD for Cavan-Monaghan
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Issues, School Staffing, Schools Building Projects, Brexit Issues

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (11 Dec 2025)

“I was delighted at the Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science a number of weeks ago when the Minister was able to tell us about the progress made in developing the strategic partnership between Dundalk Institute of Technology and Queen's University. The Minister was able to say the words, "We will have an all-Ireland university". Those of us,...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (11 Dec 2025)

“204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department is positioning Ireland’s education, research and skills system as the “economic Ministry” he often refers to and to that end driving national competitiveness, productivity and long-term prosperity. [67812/25]”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (11 Dec 2025)

“As the title of the Minister's Department demonstrates, it has a very broad remit. Of course, education, research and innovation are the key elements in the bedrock of any economy. Importantly, I welcome the fact that the Minister is supporting further and higher education throughout the regions. When the late President Patrick Hillery, as a member of the Fianna Fáil Government in the...”

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• Has spoken in 51 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 487 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 28 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Brendan Smith speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1028 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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