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Brendan Smith TD

- Fianna Fail TD for Cavan-Monaghan
- Email me whenever Brendan Smith speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Issues, School Staffing, Schools Building Projects, Brexit Issues
(based on written questions asked by Brendan Smith and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)
“19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the new national development plan sets an enhanced level of ambition for collaborative cross-Border public investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39837/25]”
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)
“The different cross-Border programmes have been important since they were first initiated by then Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, in the mid-1990s. There were the PEACE I and PEACE II programmes and INTERREG programmes. As the Minister, Deputy Chambers, will be aware, the PEACEPLUS programme is very important for all the Border counties, north and south of the Border. I am particularly anxious...”
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)
“I thank the Minister sincerely for his reply and the particular interest he always has in cross-Border projects. It is heartening that the shared island initiative has been warmly welcomed by people of all political traditions. Different projects I have been involved in, if they have been cross-Border projects, have been funded by the shared island fund, such as the UNESCO Cuilcagh...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 46 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 434 written questions in the last year — well 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") 1022 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register