• Fianna Fail TD for Cork North West
• Minister, Department of Education and Science (since 7 May 2008)
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Grant Payments, Social Welfare Benefits, Medical Cards, School Transport

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Special Educational Needs. (4 Mar 2010)

“I advise the school to liaise with the NCSE to ensure that proper designation is included. I am concerned that children are appropriately placed and that children with special needs are differentiated.”

Special Educational Needs. (4 Mar 2010)

“Legislation has given independence to the National Council for Special Education, NCSE. I do not interfere in allocating or removing posts. It would be remiss of me to do so. The information given to me suggests that one of the SNAs was carrying out secretarial duties in the school and the provision for which that person was employed no longer existed.”

Special Educational Needs. (4 Mar 2010)

“I am only telling the Deputy what was reported to me. If that is the case, the SNA should not be in the school.”

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• Has spoken in 68 debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 28 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 280 times in debates — above average among TDs. (Why is this here?)