• Independent TD for Galway West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): International Protection, Middle East, Covid-19 Pandemic, Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries, Direct Provision System

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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Jul 2025)

“With regard to the University of Limerick and the impairment of more than €8 million, I see there is a note there. I have not got a chance to look at it.”

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

“Cuirim fáilte romhaibh. The witnesses are all very welcome. I really appreciate their presence. It is important that we have trust in public bodies. I am a firm believer in public bodies and also in doing the best we can to hold them to account, which is not very good in the ten minutes I have. I have read all of the documentation. I realise the volume of patients that CHI and its...”

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

“I am just asking a specific question. Ms Nugent knows well which report I mean and it was not referred to. Ms Nugent did not refer to it. I have it here in front of me. We have a summary of it and we have legal opinion. I am not going into any of that. I am asking why Ms Nugent did not refer to that report when she was before us.”

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• Has spoken in 259 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 467 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 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") 1745 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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