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Duncan Smith TD

- Labour TD for Dublin Fingal
- Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
- Email me whenever Duncan Smith speaks (no more than once per day)
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Housing Provision, Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Services Staff, Schools Building Projects, Health Services
(based on written questions asked by Duncan Smith and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)
“I seek clarification on the last point on the Crumlin report. Is the Minister saying it was not commissioned because of potential poor outcomes, as happened in Temple Street, but it was commissioned because Temple Street had done a report? I ask the Minister to expand on and clarify that.”
- Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)
“When exactly was that report commissioned? How many cases did it review in comparison with Temple Street?”
- Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)
“The waiting list has not reduced despite the number of surgeries increasing. Does the Minister have any information as to why that is the case? Could it be that patients having unexpected further surgeries are being added to the waiting list? Therefore, they never come off or come off only for a short period of time because they have to go on.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 71 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 575 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
- 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.
- 3 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Duncan Smith speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 249 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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