• Fianna Fail TD for Cork East
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Schools Building Projects, School Accommodation, Special Educational Needs, School Transport

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

“You are all very welcome to our public meeting. Before we proceed I have a few housekeeping matters to go through. I wish to explain some limitations of parliamentary privilege and the practice of the House as regards reference witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. Witnesses within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)

“I thank Ms McCabe for her contribution. We are going to move on to the next section, which allows members to speak. Senator Linda Nelson Murray is our first speaker.”

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• Has spoken in 56 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 233 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 190 times in debates — average among TDs.
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