• Fianna Fail TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Medical Cards, Health Services, Social Welfare Benefits, Social Welfare Appeals, Hospital Waiting Lists

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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (16 May 2024)

“162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the extent of the maintenance required to make safe the structure known locally as Ballyshaun Castle (details supplied); if information boards will be provided at each location giving a brief history of the structures; if there are grants available to local community groups or property owners for such work; and...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2024)

“179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that after receiving official sanction on 30 April 2019 for a school building project, a school (details supplied) is still waiting for construction to commence; and if she will confirm a date to commence the project as a matter of urgency. [22243/24]”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (16 May 2024)

“182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review immediately the arrangements for payment of the ancillary services grants and the SSSF secretary grants, as communicated to schools on 26 April 2024, given that what is being proposed will cause serious financial problems for some schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22278/24]”

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• Has spoken in 61 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 225 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 346 times in debates — average among TDs.
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