• Fine Gael TD for Dublin West
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Leo Varadkar speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Bodies, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff, Departmental Agencies, Tax Code

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Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

“I welcome this debate. I am thankful for being provided with some time to contribute to it, both as a Member of the House and a former Minister for Health and former Head of Government. When we talk about universal healthcare or universal health coverage, one of the most important questions we need to ask is how it is defined. It means very different things to different people. Perhaps...”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (14 May 2024)

“87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider reducing aid provided to national government bodies and agencies in Ghana and Uganda given their decision to harden laws that criminalise same-sex relations. [21285/24]”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (14 May 2024)

“400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost of maternity benefit, paternity benefit and parents leave benefit; the initial cost estimate provided to the Minister and to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in the year the benefit was legislated for; his views on the discrepancy; and if she will make a...”

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• Has spoken in 140 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• People have made 9 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 148 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Leo Varadkar speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 4834 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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