• Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath
• Entered the Dáil on 3 March 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, School Transport, Departmental Funding, Covid-19 Pandemic, School Staff

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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (17 Jul 2025)

“The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment recognises the increasing importance of ensuring that the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies uphold the rights of creators, including musicians, performers, and voice actors. Ireland and the EU are currently implementing the AI Act, which includes provisions related to general-purpose AI that will come into...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

“The Government has approved an appeals process that will give those businesses in the retail, hospitality and beauty sectors that were not eligible for the ICOB and the Power Up grant because they misclassified their business sector an opportunity to register for those grants. This is not a re-opening of those grant schemes, this is designed solely to allow those who originally...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Jul 2025)

“My Department operates a devolved procurement function whereby each business unit and Office of the Department is responsible for the procurement of their own goods, services and related contracts, with corporate oversight via a Procurement Co-ordination Unit, headed at Principal Officer level. The Procurement Co-ordination Unit assists and advises internal business units and our Offices...”

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• Has spoken in 19 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
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• 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") 386 times in debates — average among TDs.
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