• Fine Gael TD for Louth
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Asks most questions about

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

(based on written questions asked by Fergus O'Dowd and answered by departments)

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

“How many additional staff does Mr. Ó Foghlú expect to have to employ beyond the complement that is currently in these schools? Has he a breakdown of the figure into teaching and non-teaching roles?”

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

“I asked Mr. Ó Foghlú to put a figure on the additional staff complement because quite a significant amount of new people could be needed to keep, as he said, proper supervision and proper control, for substitution for sick teachers and for additional supervision, which is a huge issue. Does Mr. Ó Foghlú have a figure for this? I can ask further questions if he is able to...”

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

“Let me put it a different way. Is Mr. Ó Foghlú talking about hundreds of new staff?”

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• Has spoken in 36 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 244 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.
• 57 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") 830 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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