• Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Administrative Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 February 2011 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Social Welfare Benefits, Carer's Allowance Applications, Citizenship Applications, Tax Code, Higher Education Grants

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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2025)

“I move amendment No. 25: In page 56, lines 22 to 24, to delete all words from and including “date” in line 22 down to and including “development” in line 24 and substitute “relevant date”.”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2025)

“I move amendment No. 26: In page 56, line 27, to delete “subsection (3)” and substitute “subsection (4)”.”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2025)

“I move amendment No. 27: In page 57, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “ ‘qualifying trade’, in relation to a relevant contractor, means a trade carried out by the relevant contractor, which— (a) is not an excepted trade, and (b) consists wholly or mainly of the construction or refurbishment of buildings or structures;”.”

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• Has spoken in 47 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 60 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Paschal Donohoe speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1827 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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