• Fine Gael TD for Limerick County
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Medical Cards, Departmental Funding, Single Payment Scheme Payments, Social Welfare Appeals

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Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Acting Chair for the warm welcome back to the Seanad. I really enjoy the engagement with the Upper House. I have just come from the other House. As legislators, if we ever needed a dose of perspective and reality around what should actually be important to us, that was a fair injection of reality this afternoon. Sometimes we get tied up in the minutiae of things and the...”

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

“What I said, for the benefit of the House, is that "use" is a broader term than "application", which is a deliberate choice, so the answer is "Yes". With regard to the other definitions, most of which have been lifted from international best practice, OECD definitions or definitions that are incorporated into the HEA Act, it is a bit late in the day for us to be unravelling either...”

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

“I hope so. I will have to leave the Chamber. The Minister of State, Deputy Collins, will take the next grouping. I remind the House of what the Bill states. Section 16(2) states: ...the Board shall be appointed by the Minister from among persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, have sufficient experience and expertise relating to matters connected with the functions of the Agency...”

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• Has spoken in 27 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 27 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 539 times in debates — average among TDs.
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