• Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway
• Changed party from Fine Gael on 6 Jul 2011
• Email me whenever Denis Naughten speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Grant Payments, Health Services, Hospital Services, Schools Building Projects, Decentralisation Programme

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Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Dec 2019)

“Hear, hear.”

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Dec 2019)

“As I am the final speaker before the Minister brings this debate to a conclusion, perhaps I can be facilitated with a new slot rather than having to share Deputy Harty's slot. I do not intend to speak for much more than ten minutes, but it might be best to make arrangements just in case.”

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Dec 2019)

“On 18 January 2016, to the shock of many people, myself included, the then Minister for Health and current Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, issued a statement to the effect that it would be counterproductive to enshrine open disclosure to patients in legislation. This was the position of the then Minister and of the Department of Health. It represented a major U-turn on the policy that had been...”

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• Has spoken in 66 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 455 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.
• 99 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Denis Naughten speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 948 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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