• Fianna Fail TD for Kildare North
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Schools Building Projects Status, Hospital Waiting Lists, Home Help Service Provision, Garda Deployment

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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

“688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the time frame for the commencement of the protection afforded under section 5(7)(c) of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9684/20]”

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

“I asked similar questions on universities, and on fixed-term research. I ask the Minister to respond to those questions when replying to Deputy Connolly, or perhaps he might answer them in writing afterwards, if he can accommodate that.”

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

“I am glad my colleague raised the issue of higher education because in the course of the Minister's 11-page speech, universities and colleges were mentioned only once. Reference was made to the fact that they had closed and nothing further was said. I wish to return to a number of points I made six weeks ago which was the last time education was debated in the Chamber and I had the...”

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• Has spoken in 29 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 59 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 146 times in debates — average among TDs.
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