• Fianna Fail TD for Kildare North
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Passport Services, Health Services, Schools Building Projects, Hospital Appointments Status, Bus Services

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Jul 2025)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 580 and 597 together. As Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science I launched the latest round of a call for applications under the Technological University Development Fund. This was noted by Government 30/05/2025. This latest call for applications for up to €65.8 million under the Technological University...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (17 Jul 2025)

“The provision of Higher Education funding on an annual basis, including student supports and the recurrent grant or core funding allocation, is part of overall expenditure management and budgetary policy for Government. I am approaching Budget 2026 by considering measures that can ease the financial burden on students and their families by reducing the cost of education in a way that is...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Jul 2025)

“SOLAS continue to support Mayo Sligo and Leitrim ETB (MSLETB) to progress its Preliminary Business Case proposal for Castlebar under the FET College of the Future Major Projects fund. The proposal is one of twelve projects that are currently being progressed under this fund. MSLETB’s proposal involves providing a state of the art, purpose-built college building on a new site, which...”

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• Has spoken in 43 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 53 written questions in the last year — below 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") 318 times in debates — average among TDs.
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