• Fianna Fail TD for Longford-Westmeath
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
• Email me whenever Joe Flaherty speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Passport Services, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Covid-19 Pandemic, Agriculture Schemes, Hospital Waiting Lists

(based on written questions asked by Joe Flaherty and answered by departments)

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

“In anticipation of a budget increase for the Department of Rural and Community Development, could we ensure that pay for staff in public participation networks, PPNs, is regularised? It would take just €1.5 million to bring PPN staff in line with their peers, such as community development partnership co-ordinators and sports partnership co-ordinators. In many cases, they are peers...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

“It is expected to run a county-wide network. We need to support PPNs. They are in the front line of community development and support.”

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

“I will not take that as a slight, a Cheann Comhairle.”

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• Has spoken in 72 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 144 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") 135 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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