• Fianna Fail TD for Kerry
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, State Examinations, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Hospital Appointments Status, Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

(based on written questions asked by Norma Foley and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Children in Care (10 Jul 2025)

“Foster carers play a vital role providing stable and caring homes for our most vulnerable children. Foster care is recognised as the preferred care setting for a child in the care of the State. As of Q4 2024, 87.2% of children in care were being cared for by foster carers, a figure which compares favourably internationally. However, it is recognised that the State faces an ongoing...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (10 Jul 2025)

“Officials from my Department have responded directly on the matter raised. For your information, since its introduction in 2022, Core Funding has seen consistent increased State investment to the sector year on year and is set in year 4 to be worth over €390 million contingent on the establishment of new minimum rates of pay in the sector through updated Employment Regulation Orders...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (10 Jul 2025)

“As the subject matter of the Deputy's question relates to an operational matter for Tusla, I have referred the matter to them for a direct reply.”

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• Has spoken in 22 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• 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 18–19 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") 512 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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