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

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 Feb 2026)

“99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a much-needed building project will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10770/26]”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 Feb 2026)

“This is the first opportunity I have had in this Chamber to wish the Minister every success in her role. It is always a demanding and challenging one in a Department that impacts so many people. As the Minister knows, I have been in regular contact with her through representations and parliamentary questions on the need to advance as quickly as possible a number of building projects...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 Feb 2026)

“I strongly welcome the major investment in school buildings since 2020, both in my constituency and nationally. In her response, the Minister stated that the Department is awaiting a submission of a revised stage 1 report from the school. I have been in contact with the Department in this regard, as has the school. This will mean that the school will be submitting plans to the Department...”

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• Has spoken in 61 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 566 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") 1029 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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