• Former Fianna Fail TD for Kildare North
• Left the Dáil on 25 February 2011 — General election (stood again)
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election

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Order of Business (5 Oct 2010)

“Jackie has looked after that.”

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (9 Jun 2010)

“Question 7: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason his Department deleted paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 of Statutory Instrument No. 220 of 2010, the European Communities (Statutory Audits) (Directive 2006/43/EC) Regulations 2010, that were contained in earlier drafts; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the recognised accountancy bodies...”

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2010)

“I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009, which seeks to introduce a number of changes to planning and development. The key objectives of the Bill are to support economic renewal and promote sustainable development. It also aims to bring about a closer alignment between the national spatial strategy, regional planning guidelines, development...”

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• Has spoken in 3 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 18 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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