• Fine Gael TD for Cavan-Monaghan
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Disability Services, Driver Test, Rail Network, Health Services, Flood Risk Management

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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: Telecommunications Services (20 Jan 2026)

“186. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport if he will introduce legislation to provide for SMS scam filters to be deployed in Ireland, similar to those permitted in other EU jurisdictions, in response to the ongoing proliferation of fake SMS messages. [74098/25]”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jan 2026)

“I would like to ask about the status of last year's changes to exempt smaller, modular and ancillary units such as granny flats or home offices up to 40 sq m, depending on the final regulation. Easing of these planning regulations to allow for larger, unattached structures to be built in people's back gardens and sites is a welcome development. This proposal to increase the stand-alone...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jan 2026)

“I thank the witnesses for their contributions. It is proper that victims and the families should be at the centre. On the legacy of the Troubles joint framework document that was launched by the Tánaiste and Mr. Hilary Benn MP in September, what are Dr. Peake's views on that as a new document? Mr. McCord can also give his views. Have the witnesses looked at the Truth and...”

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• Has spoken in 66 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 22 written questions in the last year — well below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 9 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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