• Fianna Fail TD for Sligo-Leitrim
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Changed party from Fianna Fail on 4 Aug 2009
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 24 May 2007 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Properties, GLAS Payments, Hospital Services, Sports Capital Programme Applications, Services for People with Disabilities

(based on written questions asked by Eamon Scanlon and answered by departments)

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

“A total of 6,840 farmers are involved.”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

“I have 100 people waiting-----”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

“The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has selected 6,840 farmers for remote sensing inspections. The farming community has no issue with that, but it does have an issue with the fact that farmers have to submit their applications before 15 May. They have a few days to sort out their applications and if they go over that, they are penalised. The areas of national constraint,...”

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• Has spoken in 70 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 346 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 140 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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