• Fianna Fail TD for Mayo
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Dara Calleary speaks (no more than once per day)

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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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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (3 Jul 2025)

“Newly arrived applicants for Temporary Protection (TP) apply for TP at Citywest Convention Centre. Departmental records show that the person concerned withdrew her TP on 12/08/2024 and was subsequently granted TP in another EU state. The person presented at Citywest Convention Centre on 17/06/2025 and reapplied for TP which has now been granted. Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection...”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 Jul 2025)

“The Government acknowledges the valuable role that family carers play and is fully committed to supporting carers in that role. The Department of Social Protection provides a range of income supports to carers, including Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance, and the Carer’s Support Grant, with combined spending estimated at over €1.9...”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Jul 2025)

“Provisional expenditure in 2024 on Dental treatments under the Treatment Benefits scheme was €75.4 million and the 2025 Revised Estimate for Dental treatment as part of the Treatment Benefit scheme is €73.3 million.”

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• Has spoken in 44 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• 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") 1192 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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