• 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): Passport Services, Health Services, Schools Building Projects, Hospital Appointments Status, Bus Services

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jun 2025)

“My Department was established in 2020 under the title: Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. To date, since establishment, there has been no renaming or rebranding of the Department.”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (12 Jun 2025)

“The number of Springboard courses delivered by further and higher education institutes nationwide for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form, is set out at the link below. Please note, as some course proposals are submitted by a consortium and are delivered across more than one Higher Education Institution, these are recorded as a course for each separate Higher Education Institution,...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (12 Jun 2025)

“A total of €330 was spent by my Department in 2024 in respect of three of my Department's officials partaking in external training relating to appearances as witness at Oireachtas committees. The training was provided by One Learning and the titles of the trainings are as follows:Preparing to Appear as a Witness in front of Oireachtas Committees.Preparing your colleagues to appear at...”

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• Has spoken in 43 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 88 written questions in the last year — 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") 287 times in debates — average among TDs.
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