• 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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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (18 Oct 2018)

“I thank the two Deputies for raising the matter. It is a broad one relating to Caranua's 2017 annual report and the appeals process, so I have a fairly broad answer, but there are statistics and bits of information that might be relevant to the discussion. Caranua is an independent statutory body established in 2013 under the provisions of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund, RISF,...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (18 Oct 2018)

“I take those contributions seriously, whether we are talking about length of time, lack of information or the system being too bureaucratic, given the ordeal of institutional abuse the survivors have gone through and the stage of life they are at. I take on board the suggestion that there will possibly be a need for a second appeals officer. I will monitor the situation and speak to my...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (18 Oct 2018)

“You are always nice, Clare.”

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• Has spoken in 126 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — 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") 453 times in debates — average among TDs.
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