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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Decentralisation Programme, Departmental Agencies, Pension Provisions, Health Services

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Draft National Energy and Climate Plan: Discussion (14 May 2024)

“I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I would like to explore that last point. As Mr. Coghlan noted in his opening remarks, we have been doing a lot of work regarding climate budgets, the various ministerial presentations, the annual plans and the Climate Change Advisory Council's commentary on those plans. I get the sense that it is now all about delivery. Is it to ask to go back...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Draft National Energy and Climate Plan: Discussion (14 May 2024)

“The point is not money. My sense is that, when one looks at An Bord Pleanála, for example, it has struggled to get the people who can process offshore. The MARA has had to set up and develop a whole new capability from scratch. Demapping has had to occur. They are competing in a highly competitive international field for scarce enough capability. It is not a money issue. It is...”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

“I welcome the publication last week of the future framework for offshore energy. This was described by the Taoiseach's predecessor as Ireland's Moonshot but it illustrates how much of an onus is on the State to be aligned if it is to deliver this planned approach. There is a seven-stage D map, a marine area consent grid connection, planning approval, state aid-approved auctions, ports and...”

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• Has spoken in 118 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 538 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 11 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2097 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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