• 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, Social Welfare Appeals, Grant Payments

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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: Departmental Projects (3 Dec 2025)

“A number of bodies under my Department’s aegis have specific functions in relation to the areas under my remit - culture and the arts, media and broadcasting, communications, and sport. Projects under the remit of my Department are in some cases delivered directly by the Department. Others are delivered through the bodies under the Department's aegis. Capital projects will be...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2025)

“The spend on administrative consultancy is cited in my Department's Appropriation Accounts. These accounts are available online www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/appropriation%20accounts/ While my Department does not publish its annual spending specific to consultancy online, I have furnished the House with consultancy details through replies to Parliamentary Questions, most recently in...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: Departmental Schemes (2 Dec 2025)

“I was delighted to have secured an allocation for a successor scheme to the Basic Income for the Arts pilot as part of Budget 2026. While the detail of the future scheme will need to be agreed by Government, this is a major milestone for the arts in Ireland and I am particularly pleased that the research my Department conducted provided Government with a clear evidence base upon which to make...”

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• Has spoken in 24 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• 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") 656 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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