• Fianna Fail TD for Cork East
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Schools Building Projects, School Accommodation, Special Educational Needs, School Transport

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Nov 2025)

“It will take more to deter us than a few cheap shots in op-eds in the Irish Examiner criticising me and others for having the courage to come in here and raise these matters. Deputy O'Sullivan is right that we need the guidelines. Local authorities need those guidelines and they need leadership from the Government. A message must go back to the custodians of the status quo who have let...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Nov 2025)

“10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his plans to draw up planning guidelines for solar farms for local authorities; to outline the discussions his Department has held with other Departments; if his Department have considered the EU's RED III directive within its plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65840/25]”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Nov 2025)

“120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered drawing up planning guidelines for solar farms; if he will outline the stages in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65841/25]”

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• Has spoken in 57 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 251 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 190 times in debates — average among TDs.
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