• 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

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (18 Dec 2025)

“A student may be assessed as an independent student (i.e. assessed without reference to parental income and address) if they have attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry or re-entry (following a break in study of at least 3 years) to an approved further or higher education course, and is not ordinarily resident with their parents from the previous 1st October....”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Surveys (18 Dec 2025)

“My Department did not conduct a survey of Youthreach employees in 2023. The Deputy may be referring to work currently being undertaken by my officials to examine a claim submitted by the TUI in relation to a standardised calendar year for Youthreach. My Department has been engaging with the TUI on this over a number of years and agreed on a structured approach to consider their claim. As part...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Dec 2025)

“Adult educators and tutors play an important role in empowering individuals, broadening access to learning, and in strengthening communities in the Further Education and Training sector. Following many years of work through the established industrial relations mechanisms by my Department with the Department of Education and Youth, the Department of Public Expenditure, Education and Training...”

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• Has spoken in 41 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 28 written questions in the last year — well below 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") 360 times in debates — average among TDs.
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