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Joe O'Brien TD

- Green Party TD for Dublin Fingal
- Entered the Dáil on 29 November 2019 — Byelection
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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, Medicinal Products, Pigmeat Sector, Schools Building Projects
(based on written questions asked by Joe O'Brien and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (23 May 2023)
“The RSS implementing bodies undertake a diverse range of activities including the regeneration and enhancement of community spaces, environmental maintenance work and the staffing of cultural, tourism and heritage sites. I acknowledge the excellent work undertaken and the contribution these schemes and their workers make to communities across the country. The RSS has a budget of more...”
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (23 May 2023)
“I thank the Deputies. I dispute the fact but I understand why people are concerned and that they would think it might drag on. I am determined that it is going to be as tight as possible. At the same time, we need to get the views in. I want to refresh it. I do not just want to make one or two tweaks to it. The scheme has huge potential in the long term and there are opportunities that...”
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (23 May 2023)
“I would not question the Deputy's knowledge on the RSS ever. He will know too the answer that I am able to give, that I will use the phrase, "It is a budgetary matter", and that I do not control the strings in the middle of a budget year. I attended the first meeting of the review group. It was very clear that the income side of it came up there as well. We had 1,000 submissions to the...”
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 44 written questions in the last year — well 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") 166 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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