• Fine Gael Senator (Labour Panel)
• Former Fine Gael TD for Cavan-Monaghan
• Left the Dáil on 26 February 2016 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

“I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the briefing document they provided. In the document and their presentations, they put considerable focus on ownership of the network, which is reasonable. In their extensive submission they refer to schools and road projects and use them as a kind of benchmark. In their analysis, did they apply the same assumptions to the fibre broadband network...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

“I will repeat them if that is necessary. With the permission of the Chair, I will finish asking my questions. If the Chair would prefer, I will ask them one by one. I was assuming that the witnesses have a high level of capacity.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

“With respect, this is the nub of my question. As a layperson, I humbly suggest that it is not a valid comparison by virtue of the longevity of a school or hospital and the nature of their capacity to go on-----”

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• Has spoken in 54 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 126 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 365 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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