• Labour TD for Tipperary North
• Former Labour Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 5 June 2009 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): An Garda Síochána, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff, Hospital Staff, Departmental Correspondence

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State for her response and I acknowledge the improvements that have happened in UHL in the past couple of years. However, we have serious issues when it comes to staffing and high-level consultants as regards attracting them, given the situation the hospital is in. Politics has failed the people of the mid-west on this issue. I am not going to start blaming...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State from being here. She is from the relevant Department, and I appreciate it. That should be the norm in this House. It used to be. An exceptional piece of journalism was published last week by the Limerick Leader. The front page article spoke about the catastrophic failures in University Hospital Limerick, UHL, which we have discussed in the House. No other...”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Dec 2025)

“268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has provided full and comprehensive details in relation to all aspects of the remuneration package of a former Garda Commissioner (details supplied) and all costs to the Exchequer associated with providing accommodation for the former Garda Commissioner during their tenure.; and if he will make a statement on the...”

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• Has spoken in 86 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 754 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 851 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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