• Fine Gael TD for Galway East
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Nominated by the Taoiseach)
• Changed party from Progressive Democrats on 24 Mar 2009
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — appointed
• Left the Seanad on 25 April 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Flood Relief Schemes, Health Services Provision, CLÁR Programme, Tellus Border Project, Schools Building Projects Status

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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (13 Mar 2019)

“I refer the Deputy to the response to Parliamentary Question Number 109 of 19 December 2018 which outlined the selection process in detail. The selection process has now concluded. A detailed information note on the operation of the election observation roster, and its mustering, has also been made available to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, and...”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (12 Mar 2019)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 and 64 together. The Department maintains and administers a roster of suitably skilled individuals who are available to participate in election observation missions organised, mostly, by the EU and OSCE. A new roster was set up in January further to a Call for Volunteers which issued in July 2018. Members of the roster are expected to be of good...”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (12 Mar 2019)

“I refer the Deputy to the response to Parliamentary Questions 115, 117, 119 and 126 of 5 March 2019. A detailed Information Note on the operation of the election observation roster, and its mustering, has been made available to the Oireachtas' Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and accompanies this response. Detailed information on the roster selection process has also...”

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• Has spoken in 12 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.
• People have made 6 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 64 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Ciarán Cannon speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 272 times in debates — average among TDs.
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