• 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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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Social Welfare Benefits, Tax Code, Pension Provisions, Departmental Staff, Road Safety

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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (21 Sep 2017)

“108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider withholding development aid from the Myanmarese government in view of the situation in Rakhine province and instead diverting the aid to funding displaced placed person's camps in Bangladesh that are processing Rohingya refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40100/17]”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (21 Sep 2017)

“116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 12 July 2017, the status of the promised liaison between his Department, An Garda Síochána and other relevant stakeholders to address the issue of nuisance quad and scrambler use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40002/17]”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (21 Sep 2017)

“127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the ratification of the UNCRPD; the obstacles that are preventing the implementation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40098/17]”

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• Has spoken in 90 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 821 written questions in the last year — well above 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.
• 66 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Róisín Shortall speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 669 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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