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Niall Collins TD
- Fianna Fail TD for Limerick County
- Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
- Email me whenever Niall Collins speaks (no more than once per day)
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Ministerial Travel, Departmental Staff Data, Health Services, Departmental Correspondence
(based on written questions asked by Niall Collins and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teagasc na Gaeilge (30 May 2024)
“Tar éis an phlé a rinne mo chuid oifigeach le hOifig an Teachta, is é an tuiscint atá agam ná go mbaineann an cheist seo leis an Aire Oideachais.”
- Research and Innovation Bill 2024: From the Seanad (29 May 2024)
“I am grateful for the opportunity to address the House. On Committee Stage in the Seanad, I brought forward one technical amendment that relates to an additional section being inserted, section 71, "Confirmation of acts done or purporting to have been done". This is a technical amendment to provide full clarity and continuity of the related provisions in the Statute Book in advance of the...”
- Research and Innovation Bill 2024: From the Seanad (29 May 2024)
“I thank the Deputy for her contribution and input. I thank all Deputies who have indicated their support for this Bill. I also thank the Senators who contributed to a lengthy debate in the Seanad on the Bill and I thank the officials from the Department for their work on this. Hopefully, it will represent a new horizon for the research community right across Ireland, which is a really...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 28 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 179 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
- People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 41 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Niall Collins speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 659 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register