• Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath
• Entered the Dáil on 3 March 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, School Transport, Departmental Funding, Covid-19 Pandemic, School Staff

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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (2 May 2024)

“The Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) is Ireland’s company law enforcement agency. The CEA is an independent statutory body equipped with significant enforcement powers required to carry out its statutory functions which are provided for in section 944D of the Companies Act 2014. These functions include to enforce and encourage compliance with company law, to investigate suspected...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (2 May 2024)

“There are two avenues through which social enterprises can access research and innovation supports. Social enterprises can access the innovation vouchers offered by Enterprise Ireland once they are an SMEs that is a limited company registered in Ireland, with fewer than 250 employees and not exceeding an annual turnover of €50m. In terms of the remaining research and innovation...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (2 May 2024)

“Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise and is a key focus of the work of my Department. In that regard, IDA Ireland is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting that at least half of all investments - that is 400 of 800 - from 2021 to 2024 to regional locations. IDA has...”

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• Has spoken in 35 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 177 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• 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") 329 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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