• Fine Gael TD for Cork North-Central
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 27 April 2011 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 8 February 2018 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Medicinal Products, Health Services, Covid-19 Pandemic, Healthcare Policy, Forestry Sector

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

“10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the further steps the Department is taking to support small and medium enterprises to reduce the cost of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32906/25]”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

“I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for the work they are doing. I know it is a very challenging time because there is also the whole amalgamation going on with the new children's hospital. On the current waiting issue, the HSE states that 65 cases are suspended. Do we have any idea of where those patients are now? Have they gone to other hospitals? Have they gone to other...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

“Yes.”

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• Has spoken in 53 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 61 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 308 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 23 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Colm Burke speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 215 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 834 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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