Brendan Smith: attention map

Questions, speeches, votes and lobbying pressure grouped by public-record topic. Public-record overlap is not proof of influence.

Parliamentary questions in the dail_tracker question table.

Speech/debate records in the dail_tracker speech table.

Division vote records in the current Dáil vote table.

Lobbying returns naming this TD or public office holder.

Caveat: Public-record overlap is not proof of influence.

Topic Alignment

Topic	Questions	Speeches	Votes	Lobbying	Signal
Health	330		82	207	attention/lobbying overlap
Agriculture	235		3	186	attention/lobbying overlap
Education	301		31		high public attention
Finance	164			120	attention/lobbying overlap
Housing	170		73	15	attention/lobbying overlap
Foreign	233				high public attention
Transport	205		3	12	attention/lobbying overlap
Environment	127			63	attention/lobbying overlap
Justice	142		45		high public attention
Further and Higher Education	163	20			high public attention
Children	171				high public attention
Taoiseach	156				high public attention
Northern Ireland	115	34			high public attention
Enterprise	121				high public attention
Foreign Affairs				113	high lobbying pressure
Defence Forces	64	36			high public attention
Defence	93			1	high public attention
Social	91				high public attention
Tourism	66			18	attention/lobbying overlap
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements	33	47			high public attention
Taxation				70	high lobbying pressure
Rural	67				high public attention
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation		60			high public attention
Public	59				high public attention
EU Affairs				58	high lobbying pressure

Area	Speeches	Words
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation	60	9562
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements	47	5446
Cabinet Committees	37	3487
Defence Forces	36	4757
Northern Ireland	34	5156
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	30	4953
Further and Higher Education	20	2883
Cross-Border Co-operation	19	2543
National Economic and Social Council	16	2113
Public Transport	14	2128
Enterprise Support Services	13	1659
Drug Dealing	13	1657

Policy area	Returns	Lobbyists
Health	207	79
Agriculture	186	17
Finance	120	22
Foreign Affairs	113	35
Taxation	70	17
Environment	63	13
EU Affairs	58	18
Education and Training	58	27
Budgetary matters	56	37
Justice and Equality	55	37
Trade	41	11
Energy and Natural Resources	33	20