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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff, Decentralisation Programme, Pupil-Teacher Ratio

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Estimates for Public Services 2019: Motion (12 Dec 2019)

“I refer to the distress caused by this Government in the areas of health and housing. It is really shocking to read the figures in relation to the Department of Health where yet again the Government has introduced a Supplementary Estimate plus other funding of almost €500 million. The Minister for Health has failed to fulfil his responsibility. Despite the fact that the total...”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2019)

“I raise the announcement yesterday by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, that she will shelve the section of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill, which is currently before the Seanad, on the right of adopted people to access their files and information relating to the circumstances of their birth and adoption. The Minister is failing to provide a basic human...”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2019)

“Adopted people have rights, not a balance.”

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• Has spoken in 162 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 595 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 9 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.
• 113 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Joan Burton speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2498 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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