• Fine Gael TD for Wicklow
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff, Departmental Bodies, Special Educational Needs, Health Services, Social Welfare Benefits

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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

“Yes, I understand. I definitely heard the Deputy. Deputy Conway-Walsh raised the issue of defects in apartments and the interim scheme and the longer one. I will send her a written note. In short, up to the end of March, 128 applications are being progressed under the interim funding across 26 local authority areas, representing more than 13,000 residential units. Approximately 80% of...”

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

“I will start there and go in reverse order. I thank Deputy Ward. That is a constructive suggestion. I will check when the review is due to be completed and see if we can make progress on the idea of a social housing passport. I am aware in parts of my constituency as well that county boundaries sometimes do not reflect the way people live their lives and where they work, go to school and...”

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 May 2024)

“I thank colleagues, including Deputy Haughey. In my previous capacity as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, I visited Washington and Boston in February when I took the opportunity to see at first-hand the strength and vitality of our relationship, including our very strong and expanding education, research and innovation partnerships. I had a number...”

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• Has spoken in 70 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• 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") 1729 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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