• Fianna Fail TD for Longford-Westmeath
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Robert Troy speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Departmental Expenditure, Hospital Waiting Lists, Covid-19 Pandemic, Medical Card Applications

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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (16 Oct 2025)

“I thank the Senator for raising this matter. I have also been contacted by the family in question. To their credit, they have been very strong in their advocacy and other work they are doing contacting all Members of the Dáil and Seanad. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, who is out of the country. Capital acquisitions tax is a tax on...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (16 Oct 2025)

“I will certainly bring the compelling case the Senator has made today back to the Minister. Some of my colleagues have made the same case at our parliamentary party meetings. There certainly seems to be inequity. Some might even say there is inequity in having any inheritance tax because the person who generated that wealth has paid tax on it in the first instance through savings, through...”

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

“I acknowledge and pay tribute to Harvey Morrison Sherratt. I know my words today will mean little to his parents, Stephen and Gillian, who have been tireless advocates and campaigners in recent years for a serious and unacceptable issue. As a parent, I cannot comprehend what they have been through and what they continue to go through. Too often in this Chamber, we are consumed by the...”

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• Has spoken in 27 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 207 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 2 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.
• 62 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Robert Troy speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 911 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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