• Fianna Fail TD for Mayo
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff Data, Departmental Funding, Grant Payments, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (17 Jul 2025)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 389 and 404 together. My Department's Intreo service is a single point of contact for all employment and income supports in the State. Disabled people can access mainstream employment schemes such as Community Employment and Tús as well as referral to tailored supports such as Employability. This is a service that offers a professional job-matching...”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Jul 2025)

“Expenditure on Training Support Grants over the last ten years is set out in the table below. Expenditure to date in 2025 is not readily available. Expenditure is recorded at the scheme level, not the individual level. Accordingly, it is not possible to attribute expenditure to individual-level characteristics such as county. Funding for the scheme is centrally allocated. ...”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Jul 2025)

“The Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP) is a voluntary work experience and training program for unemployed jobseekers receiving a qualifying social welfare payment. Launched in July 2021, it is part of the national employment strategy, Pathways to Work 2021-2025. Expenditure on WPEP is by way of a payment made directly to the participant. Funding is not therefore allocated on a...”

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• Has spoken in 46 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1208 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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