• Social Democrats TD for Kildare North
• Changed party from Independent on 14 Jul 2015
• Entered the Dáil on 11 March 2005 — Byelection
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, An Garda Síochána, Departmental Data, Departmental Staff, Departmental Contracts

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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

“I wish everyone a good morning. It is infuriating when you have a witness in front of you and discover you have not received a fair response. In this case, it is fortunate that the witnesses are here a couple of weeks after the representatives of Horse Racing Ireland and the IHRB were before the committee. That is the context. A Department official was here. It is infuriating to have to...”

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

“Surely, fit and proper person in the case of animal welfare is key. It does not matter if the walls of this slaughterhouse were paved with gold; it is how the process is conducted. Animal welfare has to be a central piece to that. Mr. Gleeson talked about vets who have an interest in animal welfare. How would that not be interpreted as a requirement?”

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

“After the event. Is there an age requirement for an animal welfare officer?”

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• Has spoken in 98 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1161 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — 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") 1366 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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