• Fine Gael Senator (Nominated by the Taoiseach)
• Former Fine Gael TD for Roscommon-South Leitrim
• Left the Dáil on 26 February 2016 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

“Senator Mulherin has touched on this point in her remarks but there is a total imbalance when it comes to capital development projects being delayed. In my native town, I was chair of the Lough Key Forest Park action group. We secured a development worth about €20 million. However, about five different hotels have been refused planning permission in the past ten or 15 years and now...”

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

“The Republic of Ireland Act came into force on this day 69 years ago. This Act declared a republic, because of which we were automatically excluded from the Commonwealth. Two weeks later, the rules were changed to allow republics to be members of the Commonwealth. India availed of that but we did not. That is for another day. I attended the Goliath Trust gala in the Europa Hotel in...”

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

“I welcome the Minister here today on this very special day. I do not think most people realise that the Republic officially came into existence on this day 69 years ago. I suppose with every issue, there is always a counterbalance. That brought the Ireland Act 1949 to the House of Commons, which effectively recognised Northern Ireland. Some would say this drove partition or ensured that...”

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• Has spoken in 60 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 74 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 44 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 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") 175 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 294 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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