• Independent TD for Tipperary
• Changed party from Fianna Fail on 29 Jun 2010
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Funding, Medical Cards, Departmental Staff Data

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

“What is happening with the NCSE and the Department is typical. Is there any joined-up thinking? St. Michael's Junior Boys School has been offering to open a class for the past two years but the NCSE has not approved it so far. It is imperative this be provided in a town the size of Tipperary, where five national schools are available and where a school has offered to accommodate them. I...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

“Why the Minister of State at the Department of Education left? I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan. It is disappointing that neither the Minister or a Minister of State for education is here. It is such a serious area. There are huge concerns about special units in national schools in County Tipperary. In December 2023, Burncourt National School received...”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

“I join with the Tánaiste in wishing the families of the victims of the Stardust tragedy all the best today. I happened to be in Dublin that night as well. They have been a long time waiting for justice. I am questioning the issuing of planning exemptions for telecommunication structures such as masts as per the statutory instrument, class 31, of the Planning and Development Act...”

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• Has spoken in 279 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 253 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 13–14 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 55 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Mattie McGrath speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2536 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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