• Fianna Fail Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
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Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

“I welcome the Minister to the House. I am glad to have an opportunity to discuss Project Ireland 2040. It is somewhat disconcerting to find myself discussing a project with a terminal date which is probably beyond my actuarial life expectancy. The Government is great at looking into the future. I am reminded of Joe Stalin in Russia. When things were not going too well in Russia, Joe...”

Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

“I am not too sure I would recommend that. This Government definitely takes the biscuit. Joe Stalin would be impressed by the methodology here. Anyway, we have a chance to discuss this plan. It seems to me that transport is one of the few areas in which we are unambitious as we seek to project into the future. If we are going to address the very serious problems in this country's...”

Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

“I suppose that is part of politics. I regularly use all modes of public and private transport with the exception of the DART. It is fair enough to say that none of them is up to scratch. None of them has the confidence of the paying public. None of them seems to be equipped to serve the needs of Ireland into the future. Fianna Fáil welcomes the much-needed investment in Ireland's...”

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• Has spoken in 42 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
• People have made 7 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 261 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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