• Fine Gael TD for Donegal
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Administrative Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 24 May 2007 — Resigned
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Services, Tax Code, Health Services, Departmental Expenditure, Telecommunications Services

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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Sep 2017)

“The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table. I should remind the Deputy that the information provided below is already in the public domain and is available in the published annual reports of Údarás na Gaeltachta and on the organisation’s website. Full-time employment in Údarás na Gaeltachta assisted companies. 2010 2011 2012 2013...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Sep 2017)

“The information sought by the Deputy is outlined in tabular format as follows: Year Capital €m Current (Admin) €m Current (Programmes) €m Total €m 2011 6.0 10.3 3.3 19.6 2012 5.938 9.871 3.273 19.082 2013 6.0 9.009 3.4 18.409 2014 5.687 8.798 3.0 17.485 2015 6.687 8.798 3.0 18.485 2016 9.087* 8.823 3.0...”

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (18 Jul 2017)

“Ar dtús, chuir an Seanadóir iontas orm nuair a chuir sé an cheist síos i mBéarla. Is é polasaí mo Roinn nuair a chuirtear ceist i mBéarla go dtugtar an freagra i mBéarla. Tá mé thar a bheith sásta an cheist seo a fhreagairt trí Ghaeilge. Is í an teanga is fearr sa tír seo. Ar dtús gabhaim buíochas leis an...”

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• Has spoken in 37 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 1 comment 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.
• 36 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Joe McHugh speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 360 times in debates — average among TDs.
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