• Fianna Fail Senator (Administrative Panel)
• Former Fianna Fail TD for Kildare South
• Left the Dáil on 8 February 2020 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 29 June 2020 — General election
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Seanad: Safe Reopening of Tertiary Sector and Key Priorities for Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

“This is my fourth time addressing the Seanad but it is my first time speaking in the actual Seanad Chamber in Leinster House. I made a wish as I walked in. It is good to be in our own House at this point. The Minister is very welcome. I am looking forward to addressing a few points with him in respect of the reopening of our third level and further education colleges.I also wish to raise...”

Seanad: School Transport, Leaving Certificate 2020 and Reopening of Schools: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

“I welcome the Minister back to the Seanad. It is her first time to be in the actual Seanad Chamber because we were in the Dáil Chamber the last time we met her, when she had just published the roadmap for schools to reopen. I cannot even begin to think how daunting an experience the preparation of the roadmap must have been for the Minister, her office and her Department. It is a...”

Seanad: School Transport, Leaving Certificate 2020 and Reopening of Schools: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

“There is no clock so it was difficult to know how much time I had left. The issue is whether the Department's standardisation process was good enough to pick up trends at the level of individual schools. That is probably where the ranking came into play. I will leave it at that. The challenge for the Minister is to keep schools open and we must all work together to achieve that and to...”

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• Has spoken in 126 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 16 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 560 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 226 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 13 times in debates — average among Senators.
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