• Fine Gael TD for Laois-Offaly
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Schools Building Projects, Hospital Services, Crime Levels, Garda Deployment

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Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

“We had a financial crisis.”

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

“We had a financial crisis. The Deputy's party at the time did not recognise it and still does not.”

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

“In connection with the protest, it is important that we all recognise, as do I, the right to assembly and freedom of association, both of which are fundamental to any democracy. Having said that, we are in a crisis. This House agreed to the implementation of unprecedented legislation providing powers of a special and emergency nature for An Garda Síochána in the context of the...”

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• Has spoken in 87 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above 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") 1163 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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