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Follow a word over time

How often a word or phrase came up in the Dáil, month by month, across every debate and every parliamentary question. Counted for the whole chamber, never for any one TD.

In debates 9,757

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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Dec 20248 Read them
Jan 202533 Read them
Feb 2025715 Read them
Mar 2025427 Read them
Apr 2025507 Read them
May 2025801 Read them
Jun 2025573 Read them
Jul 2025547 Read them
Aug 20250
Sep 2025330 Read them
Oct 2025560 Read them
Nov 2025690 Read them
Dec 2025449 Read them
Jan 2026492 Read them
Feb 2026578 Read them
Mar 2026371 Read them
Apr 2026513 Read them
May 2026583 Read them
Jun 2026470 Read them
Jul 2026410 Read them
Aug 20262 Read them
Sep 2026293 Read them
Oct 2026405 Read them

In questions 10,702

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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Dec 20240
Jan 2025107 Read them
Feb 2025442 Read them
Mar 2025359 Read them
Apr 2025468 Read them
May 2025574 Read them
Jun 2025475 Read them
Jul 2025794 Read them
Aug 20250
Sep 2025560 Read them
Oct 2025457 Read them
Nov 2025696 Read them
Dec 2025549 Read them
Jan 2026610 Read them
Feb 2026789 Read them
Mar 2026542 Read them
Apr 2026534 Read them
May 2026897 Read them
Jun 2026576 Read them
Jul 2026506 Read them
Aug 20260
Sep 2026415 Read them
Oct 2026352 Read them

Counts are items matched, not times said: a contribution that uses the word five times counts once. Matching works like the site search, so "house" also finds "houses".