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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Services for People with Disabilities, Social Welfare Benefits, Special Educational Needs, Health Services, Schools Building Projects

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (7 Nov 2024)

“I thank the Minister of State for his response. I understand exactly what is being said here, but I will quote to the Minister of State from the frequently asked questions on the Department website. Under the question "What is the eligibility for the grant?" the response states that: "Your business must be a commercially trading entity currently operating from a property that is commercial...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (7 Nov 2024)

“I thought I was finished yesterday, but I am glad to be here this morning. I thank the Minister of State for being here. The various grants the Government has made available to support small businesses are extraordinarily welcome and very important. The increased cost of business grant and the power up grant are the two most recent ones. In every scheme, anomalies will always arise. A...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (7 Nov 2024)

“54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 7 March 2024, the number of vacant homes tax (VHT) returns received by the Revenue Commissioners, by each local authority area, from 31 October 2023 to date, in tabular form; the number of exemptions to the VHT applied for; the number of these applications allowed; the amount collected in respect of each local...”

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• Has spoken in 156 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 359 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 53 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever David Stanton speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 823 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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