• Fianna Fail TD for Longford-Westmeath
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Passport Services, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Covid-19 Pandemic, Agriculture Schemes, Greyhound Industry

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (29 May 2024)

“I thank Dr. Ryan for the comprehensive overview. The obvious question is where we are relative to the UK on this now on the basis that these are EU regulations. In tandem, are we having discussions with the UK to adopt these regulations with the UK on the basis that illegal trade in dogs, in particular, is the biggest market at the moment? Sin ceist amháin.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (29 May 2024)

“Yes, but Ireland has not entered formal discussions with the UK on adopting similar regulations, although they will not be EU regulations, to what is in place for the Windsor Framework.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (29 May 2024)

“Will it be an obvious failing in the regulations, though, if we do not do something like that? Is it not a back door?”

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• Has spoken in 60 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 151 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 124 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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