• Fine Gael TD for Kildare North
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Residency Permits, Social Welfare Benefits, Asylum Applications, Citizenship Applications, Schools Building Projects

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Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

“I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for a very interesting debate. It is very appropriate for this particular time.”

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

“The question has been carried and the Bill will be dealt with in the usual way in due course.”

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

“Before we go back to Deputy Ó Cathasaigh, I congratulate him for the futuristic nature, as it should be, and the thought-provoking nature of the debate. His proposal is important in the time in which we live. The Deputy has ten minutes.”

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• Has spoken in 247 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 2183 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 19 comments on this TD's speeches — well 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2137 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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