• Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Administrative Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 February 2011 — Resigned
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Social Welfare Benefits, Carer's Allowance Applications, Citizenship Applications, Tax Code, Higher Education Grants

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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (8 Sep 2025)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 466 and 586 together. All entities involved in the business of providing credit or servicing a credit agreement entered into by a consumer are required to be authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland. This includes entities involved in managing or administering a credit agreement, such as for the purposes of collecting or recovering payments due under the...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (8 Sep 2025)

“Ireland was one of 16 Member State signatories to a December 2024 letter calling on the Commission to take legislative action and make the modernisation of Tobacco Tax legislation a key priority during the current term. A revised Directive is essential to ensure that the rules remain fit for purpose, safeguards the proper functioning of the internal market and, very importantly, provide for...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budgets (8 Sep 2025)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 468 and 470 to 472, inclusive, together. The Commission’s proposal on the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework was published in July 2025. This is the beginning of a long, multi-faceted and complex set of negotiations at Council and with the European Parliament, through 2025, 2026 and into 2027. My Department and the Department of Foreign...”

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• Has spoken in 48 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 59 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Paschal Donohoe speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1809 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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