• 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: Social Welfare and Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2025)

“I will consider that, but I would prefer to act rather than to do reports.”

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Social Welfare and Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2025)

“I thank the Chair and Deputy Hayes. While I will not be accepting the amendment, I agree with the Deputy that it is an area the Department has a lot of work to do in and it is something I would certainly be happy to work with Deputy Hayes or any Deputy on in this space. As regards the specific amendment, the matter involved is outside the scope of our Department. The Minister for Health...”

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Social Welfare and Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2025)

“I do not disagree with the Deputy. I would certainly be happy to discuss this with the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to see where her Department is at on that. It is incredibly important for those who are on that journey that this area be regularised. When it is and when the legislation is in place, we in our Department will certainly stand up and take our piece, but I...”

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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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