• Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway
• Changed party from Fine Gael on 6 Jul 2011
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Grant Payments, Health Services, Schools Building Projects, Hospital Services, Departmental Expenditure

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

“We now commence in public session. I have received apologies from Senator Eugene Murphy. Members participating in the meeting remotely are required to do so from within the precincts of Leinster House only. I welcome the witnesses. I remind members and witnesses to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

“I thank Mr. Hession. I want to apologise to the public and the members of the committee for the truncated time that has been made available to consider the general scheme of this particular Bill. I thank Mr. Hession and his team in the Department for their engagement with our officials in trying to facilitate, insofar as was possible, some type of a productive engagement with the public on...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

“Before we move on, in fairness, an issue that Deputy Kerrane raised consistently when she was a member of this committee was that of a child maintenance service and the establishment of one. Our remit in relation to this is effectively evaporating with the enactment of this legislation. It is now really the responsibility of the Department of Justice. To come back to what Deputy Ó...”

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• Has spoken in 81 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 581 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 1269 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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