• 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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• 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 Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (22 May 2019)

“I fully recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools. I am pleased to have been able to provide for a 5% increase in capitation funding for primary and post primary schools that will apply from the start of the 2019/20 school year. Over the course of the school year 2019/20, an additional €10 million will be allocated to primary and post primary schools, of which...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 May 2019)

“I can confirm that my Department has received applications from the schools referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy for the replacement of temporary accommodation. I wish to confirm that my Department remains in contact with the second named school regarding its application and my Department's School Capital Appraisals Section in Tullamore expects to be in a...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (22 May 2019)

“Despite requests from my Department, the Landlord involved did not want to extend the lease so that the school to which the Deputy refers could remain on their land past the current academic year 2018/2019.  They had required my Department to confirm that the school would vacate the property at end June 2019. Clearly, my Department could not give such...”

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• Has spoken in 85 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 561 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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