• Fine Gael TD for Sligo-Leitrim
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Nominated by the Taoiseach)
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 31 March 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Grant Payments, Hospital Services, Health Services, Inland Fisheries, Turbary Rights

(based on written questions asked by Frank Feighan and answered by departments)

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2021)

“I apologise on behalf of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O’Gorman, who cannot be here. I thank the Senator for raising the issue. Officials at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth are currently developing a tender process to secure additional accommodation for families with children, couples and single...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2021)

“The current public procurement process is aimed at securing additional accommodation for international protection applicants to enable the Department to move away from the use of emergency accommodation. As I have said, there is an urgency to this exercise; while demand remains relatively low, it is likely to increase once the current travel restrictions are eased. The State has a legal as...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

“I welcome the opportunity to address this House on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, about the work under way in developing a national register for AEDs and to echo the comment on the good work already carried out by community first responder groups under the auspices of our National Ambulance Service. As the Senator may be aware, the HSE is currently in the...”

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• Has spoken in 45 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 62 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 26 written questions in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — above average among Senators.
• 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.
• 36 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Frank Feighan speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 269 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 391 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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