• Labour TD for Louth
• Former Labour Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 31 March 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Data, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Covid-19 Pandemic, Departmental Advertising, Tax Code

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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

“72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out how he plans to limit the deployment of so-called "non-core" expenditure as he develops plans for budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20050/24]”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

“The use of non-core expenditure has become a feature of budgets in recent years, and the continued use of this device is concerning not only to me and Members of the House but, as the Minister knows, also to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC. Will he explain how he intends to limit the use of this device ahead of budget 2025?”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

“I thank the Minister. Nobody is arguing that we did not have a necessity for additional spending in recent years. The issue is the means by which the Government has presented the spending. The Minister will recall the phrase used by IFAC after budget 2024, when it described the way in which expenditure was presented to the House as a form of "fiscal gimmickry". This was a very serious...”

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• Has spoken in 83 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 19 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 424 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
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• 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") 468 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 206 times in debates — average among Senators.
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