• Fine Gael TD for Mayo
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Schools Building Projects, School Transport, Covid-19 Pandemic, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Road Projects

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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Schemes (4 Dec 2025)

“The Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001 require producers of farm plastics to either establish a deposit and refund scheme for farm plastic waste or to participate in an approved compliance scheme for its recovery and recycling. Since the introduction of the farm plastics extended producer responsibility (EPR) model, producers have chosen to participate in the compliance scheme...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Dec 2025)

“On 09 July, the Government put forward a 12 month timed amendment to the Organisation of Working Time (Pregnancy Related Leave) Private Members Bill 2025 to allow for sufficient time to develop Government legislative proposals in line with the principles of the Bill. Policy development is currently at an early stage. The Government fully recognises the significance of this policy area....”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 Dec 2025)

“Ireland's employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills or labour shortages in the State in the short to medium term. This objective must be balanced by the need to ensure that there are no suitably qualified Irish or EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is genuine. The system is...”

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• Has spoken in 43 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — well 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 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") 270 times in debates — average among TDs.
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