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

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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

“It has been part of the Taoiseach's campaign in recent days.”

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

“Is the Taoiseach apologising to west Belfast?”

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

“In the context of the Taoiseach's previous answer, I recall that during the last general election campaign in Dublin West the Taoiseach's slogan over the final days of the campaign was "Don't let Sinn Féin turn west Dublin into west Belfast". Having campaigned on that slogan, the Taoiseach's previous reply suggests that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. The...”

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• Has spoken in 154 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 942 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.
• 110 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Joan Burton speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2278 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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