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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

“I support Senator Ardagh's comments on the INIS website. I did not realise that there had been such problems with it. It is only right that Members of the Oireachtas have full confidence in the INIS website and I fully support her in this regard. On the issue raised by Senator Conway-Walsh, one would think by what she said that there had been no investment in our road network. The road...”

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Oct 2018)

“I was amused by what Senator McDowell had to say about interview boards. Surely we have not arrived at a situation where the same questions are asked of every candidate and that there is no discretion to the interview board. If that is the case, then one gets some consultancy service to draft all of the questions-----”

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Oct 2018)

“Yes. I cannot see how one could conduct any sort of an interview for a job if the same questions are asked of every candidate. Surely the board has discretion. I hope we have not reached the case as outlined by Senator McDowell.”

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• Has spoken in 43 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
• People have made 3 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• 10 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Paddy Burke speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1218 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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