• 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: National Educational Psychological Service (2 Jul 2025)

“The Department of Education and Youth is committed to supporting the emotional wellbeing of our children. I am delighted to update you on the Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot. Strand 1 sees direct counselling supports being provided to primary schools for the first time. The Department set up county panels of pre-approved private counsellors providing one-to-one counselling in all 595...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (2 Jul 2025)

“The Department of Education and Youth is committed to supporting the emotional wellbeing of our children. I am delighted to update you on the Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot 2023-2025. The Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot has two strands and works to support children’s wellbeing and mental health in schools. Strand 1 sees direct counselling supports being provided to primary...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2025)

“Information available to my Department confirms that the school authority to which the Deputy refers is not the owner of the property referenced. This is consistent with the decision of the owner of the property to terminate the written lease arrangements in place with the school. This decision required an urgent accommodation solution for the pupils enrolled in the school which was met by my...”

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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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