• 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, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, School Accommodation, Covid-19 Tests

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

“It is always good to see NTA representatives at the committee. I thank them for being here. There are a couple of issues that are very important to me. Patrick Mulcahy, who works in my office and is now a councillor, and I have held a lot of meetings and, to be fair, they have fruitful in trying to deliver additional capacity in certain areas. Ms Graham will know the route 260 service has...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

“I appreciate that. There is an issue of a PSO service and also the commercial route 40 service provided by Expressway. The more the merrier is my view of the matter. I wish to raise something that is important to me. Looking at east Cork commuters, whether they live in Youghal, Midleton or any of the dozens rural villages in my constituency - I will not name them all - much of that...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)

“That would be very welcome. This would take tens of thousands of cars off the road. The journeys are very significant. If we look at the traffic numbers in Dunkettle or on the southbound or northbound lanes in the Jack Lynch tunnel in the evening and morning, we will very quickly see precisely what I am getting at. I appreciate the point about designing the demand around centres but Cork...”

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• Has spoken in 83 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 155 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 171 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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