• Fianna Fail TD for Kildare North
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Email me whenever James Lawless speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Passport Services, Health Services, Schools Building Projects, Hospital Appointments Status, Bus Services

(based on written questions asked by James Lawless and answered by departments)

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jul 2024)

“You might clarify your own policy.”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jul 2024)

“That is not what you said six months ago.”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

“Is there a speaker or a heckler? Or are there both? You are not ready to be one speaker instead of two hecklers.”

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• Has spoken in 52 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 300 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 225 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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