• Fianna Fail TD for Wexford
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Mental Health Services Data, Mental Health Services Provision, Mental Health Services Staff, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services Funding

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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (4 Dec 2025)

“The interpretation of any judgment made against a local authority is a matter for the local authority concerned and, should the Deputy have queries regarding a specific judgment, he may wish to address his query to the relevant local authority. Furthermore, specific 'transport projects' may constitute, from a planning perspective, planning applications that the Minister would be precluded...”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (4 Dec 2025)

“The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) is an independent public body which was established on 3 April 2019 under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended to perform the following functions:independent assessment of all local authority forward planning and regional assembly forward planning, including development plans, local area plans and regional spatial and economic...”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Sector Staff (4 Dec 2025)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 313, 314 and 315 together. The 2022 Framework for the Future Delivery of Water Services was prepared following extensive consultation between my Department, Uisce Éireann, the County and City Management Association, the Local Government Management Agency and union representatives. The Workplace Relations Commission facilitated the dialogue. Inter...”

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• Has spoken in 47 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 634 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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