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Niamh Smyth TD

- Fianna Fail TD for Cavan-Monaghan
- Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
- Email me whenever Niamh Smyth 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): Hospital Appointments Status, Passport Services, Health Services, Hospital Waiting Lists, School Transport
(based on written questions asked by Niamh Smyth and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2025)
“I appreciate the sentiment expressed by the Deputy but, unfortunately, the amendment is only in draft form. It has not yet been finalised. I, too, will work with the Whip's office to try to ensure that we have the time and space to deal with the matter on Report Stage.”
- Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2025)
“I thank the Deputy. The rationale for the inclusion of the new section 3 is to provide legal certainty around the transition between the current arbitration process, which sits with the controller, and the new process in cases where agreements cannot be reached, which are to be referred to the Circuit Court. The relevant provision in the Copyright and Related Rights Act has been in place...”
- Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2025)
“I flag that a Government amendment to section 2 will be introduced on Report Stage.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 649 written questions in the last year — well above 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 15 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Niamh Smyth speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 280 times in debates — average among TDs.
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