• Fianna Fail TD for Mayo
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff Data, Departmental Funding, Grant Payments, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 37 – Social Protection (Supplementary) (19 Nov 2025)

“Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus le foireann an choiste as cuireadh a thabhairt dom a bheith leo inniu chun na Meastacháin Breise don Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí a chur os a gcomhair. The Department of Social Protection now projects that overall social protection spending in 2025 will be €27.5 billion. This represents an increase of €625 million...”

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 37 – Social Protection (Supplementary) (19 Nov 2025)

“One of the key underspends is a projected €51 million underspend on the school meals scheme. This is due to a lower number of new schools joining the scheme in 2025 than was anticipated. The Department of education, for which we provide funding to operate the school meals scheme, changed the procurement guidelines this year to ensure the most rigorous standards of food safety were...”

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• Has spoken in 47 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1245 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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