• 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: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Nov 2025)

“79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who will gain from the changes in the means test for the carer’s allowance announced in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62283/25]”

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Business of Select Committee (12 Nov 2025)

“I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Niamh Smyth, to the committee. I also give a special welcome to Roisín Donnelly, transition year student, from Bailieborough Community School. She is very welcome. I started here myself as a transition year student and they have never found a way to get me out of the building. Who knows what your future holds. I wish you well. Members are very...”

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• Has spoken in 57 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 244 written questions in the last year — 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") 190 times in debates — average among TDs.
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