• Fine Gael TD for Louth
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Health Services, Departmental Funding, Departmental Transport, Departmental Staff

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Standards: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

“I have learned a lot. Most of all, I have had reassurance from the fire officer that neither he nor the Department is aware of any buildings which have the potential to cause a fire such as happened at Grenfell Tower. He said fire officers had inspected the 14 remaining buildings and found no issues regarding cladding. He said there was sometimes no clarity as to who owned a building and...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Standards: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

“I have to go to a meeting so I will catch up on the answers online.”

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

“Tá sé an-tábhachtach go bhfuil an t-am seo faighte againn. It is very important we have this debate and can participate fully in it. It is really important to note that since 2011, over 380,000 people who were unemployed have joined the workforce. They and their families are in a much better position as a result of the improving economic situation and the work ethic,...”

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• Has spoken in 74 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 345 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 11 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.
• 49 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Fergus O'Dowd speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 786 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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