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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 3,801

Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Dec 202415 Read them
Jan 202513 Read them
Feb 2025197 Read them
Mar 2025131 Read them
Apr 2025164 Read them
May 2025266 Read them
Jun 2025200 Read them
Jul 2025207 Read them
Aug 20250
Sep 2025121 Read them
Oct 2025221 Read them
Nov 2025254 Read them
Dec 2025228 Read them
Jan 2026199 Read them
Feb 2026248 Read them
Mar 2026155 Read them
Apr 2026218 Read them
May 2026220 Read them
Jun 2026234 Read them
Jul 2026180 Read them
Aug 20264 Read them
Sep 2026156 Read them
Oct 2026160 Read them
Nov 202610 Read them

In questions 72

Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Dec 20240
Jan 20250
Feb 20252 Read them
Mar 20253 Read them
Apr 20251 Read them
May 20253 Read them
Jun 20256 Read them
Jul 202510 Read them
Aug 20250
Sep 20254 Read them
Oct 20256 Read them
Nov 20256 Read them
Dec 20251 Read them
Jan 20266 Read them
Feb 20260
Mar 20262 Read them
Apr 20265 Read them
May 20265 Read them
Jun 20266 Read them
Jul 20263 Read them
Aug 20260
Sep 20260
Oct 20263 Read them
Nov 20260

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".