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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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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

“This morning, Professor John FitzGerald said Irish households will spend between €25 billion and €75 billion over the next 30 years to retrofit cold homes. The vast bulk of resources will come from householders' own pockets. At present, we do not have the skills to do what is required so households that want to be climate friendly and reduce their carbon footprint simply...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further Education and Training Programmes Places (17 Oct 2019)

“13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of provision for further education and the limited number of post-leaving certificate, PLC, courses available to those in the Dublin 15 and Dunboyne areas; if his attention has been further drawn to the number of young persons who lack opportunities to progress to third level; and if he will make a...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further Education and Training Programmes Places (17 Oct 2019)

“What does the Minister propose to do for the many thousands of young people aged under 25 who are unemployed, sitting at home aimless and purposeless owing to insufficient further education places or post-leaving certificate, PLC, courses being available. I cite my area of Dublin 15 where, despite major community efforts to make PLC places available, the Department appears to have an...”

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• Has spoken in 179 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") 2462 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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