• Fine Gael TD for Laois-Offaly
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Charles Flanagan speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Schools Building Projects, Hospital Services, Crime Levels, Garda Deployment

(based on written questions asked by Charles Flanagan and answered by departments)

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Business of Select Committee (23 May 2024)

“I have not received any apologies. I remind members of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that we should not comment on, criticise, or make charges against any person or entity outside the House or an official, either by name or in such a way as to make them in any way identifiable. Any member acting in substitution for a member of the committee should formally notify...”

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

“Amendments Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 18 to 22, inclusive, are related. It should be noted that amendment No. 3 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 2, amendment No. 5 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 4, amendment No. 20 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 19 and amendment No. 22 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 21. In accordance with the...”

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• Has spoken in 18 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 82 written questions in the last year — below 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 74 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Charles Flanagan speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1176 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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