• Fianna Fail TD for Cork South Central
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Tax Yield, Health Services, Pension Provisions, Tax Data

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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (28 May 2024)

“The Vacant Homes Tax (VHT) was announced in Budget 2023 and legislated for in Finance Act 2022. The objective of the vacant homes tax is to increase the supply of homes for rent or purchase by encouraging the owners of vacant, habitable, residential properties to bring those properties back into use. The tax applies to residential properties that are within the scope of local property tax...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Middle East (28 May 2024)

“Restrictive measures, or sanctions as they are generally referred, are a tool of the EU's Common Foreign Policy. Ireland does not impose sanctions regimes unilaterally. Ireland implements EU sanctions and it also implements UN sanctions via EU sanctions. EU sanctions have direct effect in all Member States of the EU, and they are legally binding on all natural and legal persons in...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (28 May 2024)

“Finance Act 2021 introduced Part 22A Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) into the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. RZLT is designed to prompt residential development by owners of land that is zoned for residential or mixed-use (including residential) purposes and that is serviced, and is not otherwise precluded from development, due to issues such as contamination, etc. RZLT is an annual tax,...”

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• Has spoken in 45 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• 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 17–18 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") 1289 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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