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Joe O'Brien TD

- Green Party TD for Dublin Fingal
- Entered the Dáil on 29 November 2019 — Byelection
- Email me whenever Joe O'Brien speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Pigmeat Sector, Medicinal Products, Prisoner Data
(based on written questions asked by Joe O'Brien and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jul 2022)
“I thank the Deputy for raising the issue of child poverty. The working family payment and other targeted measures such as the increase for a qualified child are specifically designed to assist with that. We have introduced other measures as well. We recently announced changes to three initiatives to assist families with children. The back-to-school costs package is worth a total of...”
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (14 Jul 2022)
“I have been working with my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman. We had a formal meeting about issues relating to child poverty and setting a new target to reduce it. We will have the successor to Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures as well. We are also in the process of bringing on board an EU child guarantee. Those are...”
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (14 Jul 2022)
“These are people aged over 66 and some are over 70.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 60 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
- People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 3 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Joe O'Brien speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 114 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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