• 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): Special Educational Needs, Departmental Records, Appointments to State Boards, Health Services, Planning Issues

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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 May 2018)

“I believe this is a management strategy.”

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 May 2018)

“It happens too often. I asked for some documents at the meeting last week on the communications strategies, including communications to the women and to the media, which I believe might tell us something about the thinking behind this. I also asked for some other materials, and we were given an assurance that we would receive what we asked for before the meeting. I have not seen the bundle...”

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 May 2018)

“We are going to have to do something about it, because we have seen other organisations, including the HSE, using this strategy when they may well be under serious pressure, with a number of things going on at the same time. This late arrival of a volume of documents is not an isolated incident. We are going to have to put some markers down, not just for this meeting, but for future...”

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• Has spoken in 147 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 892 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 973 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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