• Social Democrats TD for Dublin North West
• Changed party from Independent on 14 Jul 2015; from Labour on 27 Sep 2012
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Social Welfare Benefits, Tax Code, Pension Provisions, Departmental Staff, Road Safety

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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

“The business this week shall be as set out in the first revised report of the Business Committee, dated 20 May 2019. In relation to today’s business, it is proposed that No. 13, motion re Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2019, referral to committee, shall be taken without debate and any division demanded thereon shall be taken immediately; and No. 54, Domestic...”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (21 May 2019)

“672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in sections 10 and 32 funded services; the number of adults and children in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21936/19]”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals (16 May 2019)

“176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in deciding an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if a decision has now been reached. [21289/19]”

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• Has spoken in 79 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 852 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — 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.
• 74 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Róisín Shortall speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 789 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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