• 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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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Census of Population Publication (25 Apr 2018)

“Ar dtús, tugaim aitheantas don Seanadóir fá choinne an tseans labhairt ar an t-ábhar tábhachtach sin inniu. Táim thar a bheith sásta a bheith ar ais sa Seanad. I thank the Senator for raising the matter. The census of population 1926 is an historic collection of great value and interest for historians, researchers, the general public and the diaspora....”

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Census of Population Publication (25 Apr 2018)

“I would be happy to facilitate that. The CSO has expressed an interest in meeting Senator Warfield as well. It would be happy to meet him to discuss the matter. I will make that arrangement with my Department officials.”

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

“I will take the slot on islands. I do not have responsibility for births, deaths or marriages but I certainly have islands.”

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• Has spoken in 133 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above 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") 406 times in debates — average among TDs.
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