• Fine Gael TD for Meath West
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff, Health Services, Departmental Properties, Consultancy Contracts

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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

“My understanding is that there is nothing preventing investment in these areas in the current wording. It is to be done on a commercial basis. Is that right? The amendments want to list them out. Going back to even 2016, ISIF would have invested in housing projects that kick-started housing in many counties. It has a history of doing it and there is no change here to prevent that - it is...”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

“I agree with the need for a fund to invest in SMEs and start-ups and so on. Our two Ministers have that new fund at their disposal that can invest in those companies at key times. That also needs to be addressed at a European level. There is an element of risk with some of that finance, which is fine. We need to do it and back our companies, but this kind of fund is more about investing...”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

“Where stands our clock?”

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• Has spoken in 12 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 1113 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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