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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Schools Building Projects, Special Educational Needs, Garda Deployment, School Enrolments, Site Acquisitions

(based on written questions asked by Paul Gogarty and answered by departments)

Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

“We will now move on to questions and answers. The Taoiseach or another Minister or Minister of State will take questions and answers for a period not exceeding 20 minutes and the following arrangements will apply. There is no set time for a question or an answer but it is normal for the Chair to ask Members to be concise given the short time period available. Opposition parties and groups...”

Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

“It is good to have the opportunity to speak about the European Council meeting that took place at the end of June. Even in the past couple of weeks, things have moved on and changed. The next meeting is not until October. I acknowledge that it is a difficult job for the Government, as a member of a very large bloc and a small country, to try to get our views across. There were 12 key...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Jul 2025)

“I want to ask a question that others have raised on the issue of Garda vetting. As we know, a teacher doing a summer project, such as mentoring in a GAA club, needs separate vetting. This is quite farcical and the process could be streamlined to be a lot quicker, but every time we raised it were told the Garda vetting review group was the group that was going to report on this. The former...”

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• Has spoken in 89 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 115 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 3 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 248 times in debates — average among TDs.
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