• 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, Research and Development Funding, Garda Deployment

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Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (6 Dec 2018)

“158. To ask the Minister for Health when an occupational therapy appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/18]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (5 Dec 2018)

“72. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the finding in the patient experience survey that just 18% of respondents in Naas Hospital said they were admitted to a ward within six hours of arriving at the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50719/18]”

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

“I wish to understand the amendment in order to assess it and then in turn understand Deputy Quinlivan's opposition to it to enable me to adopt a balanced view on what might be the right course of action. We must be careful not to be overly prescriptive about these boards. Sometimes we can get into the habit of saying there must a representative from "X" sector, "Y" sector, the voluntary...”

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• Has spoken in 73 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 214 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• 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") 115 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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