• Fianna Fail TD for Cavan-Monaghan
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Issues, School Staffing, Schools Building Projects, Brexit Issues

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

“I apologise. I was with Deputy Feighan and we missed the earlier part of the meeting.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

“I apologise as I was at another meeting, which Deputy Feighan referred to, in connection with the work of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. It is good to see Paul Gavan back in the Oireachtas. He contributed well as a Member of the Upper House over the years and did very good work. I think one of the items Mr. Friel mentioned was travel to training centres. I represent counties...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

“If an employer may need leaving certificate attainment, if a young person can come from Youthreach, go into a college of further education and get their qualification there, they are bypassing, so to speak, the leaving certificate. On their ability to get entry to further education and to qualify up to level whatever, I have known, worked alongside, helped and supported many young people who...”

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• Has spoken in 45 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 449 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above 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.
• 28 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Brendan Smith speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1025 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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