• Fine Gael TD for Meath East
• Entered the Dáil on 28 March 2013 — Byelection
• Email me whenever Helen McEntee speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Wind Energy Guidelines, Nursing Home Services, Departmental Expenditure, Road Tolls, Early Childhood Care Education

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (3 Jul 2025)

“Tackling educational disadvantage and supporting students to fulfil their full potential in life is a key priority for me as Minister for Education and Youth, and for the Government. Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is under the remit of my Department and operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance,...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (3 Jul 2025)

“The Department of Education and Youth, does not gather data on access to or the use of personal digital devices by post-primary students as this is outside of the remit that the department has in this regard. Under the Education Act, the Boards of Management of Schools have responsibility for the day to day management of schools. Decisions regarding the use and deployment of digital...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2025)

“I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority of mine. Since 2020, my department has invested over €6 billion in our schools throughout the country under the National Development Plan, involving the...”

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• Has spoken in 64 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 2 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.
• 49 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Helen McEntee speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 897 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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