• Labour TD for Dublin West
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Asks most questions about

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

(based on written questions asked by Joan Burton and answered by departments)

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

“On the same issue, when I was Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, I commissioned a report on the issue of people in low-paid employment who are being disguised as self-employed. This is not out of any choice of theirs; it is because it is their only way of getting employment. Many people are being exploited across a range of sectors, from the construction sector to the...”

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

“Second, we also set up the commission to review low pay annually.”

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

“That report should have been published last week.”

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• Has spoken in 161 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1041 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 106 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Joan Burton speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2153 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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