• 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: Departmental Correspondence (19 Nov 2025)

“The Government recognises that the cost of doing business has been a challenge for firms in recent years, including in the transport sector, due to wider inflationary pressures – particularly energy – and Government-mandated improvements to working conditions. However, costs for firms, as measured by the CSO’s Wholesale Price Index, are now easing and were down 2.6% in...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 Nov 2025)

“Regional Development is a key focus of our Programme for Government and is central to the work of my Department and our enterprise development agencies. In this regard, IDA Ireland’s strategy ‘Adapt Intelligently, 2025 – 2029’ seeks to build on IDA’s successes to date and to support continued long-term investment through the transformation of the existing...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 Nov 2025)

“Regional Development is a key focus of our Programme for Government and is central to the work of my Department and our enterprise development agencies. In this regard, regional development is one of four key strategic objectives of the IDA 2025–2029 strategy, "Adapt Intelligently" with a commitment to secure 550 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects outside Dublin - 55% of all...”

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• Has spoken in 22 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.
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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") 416 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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