• Fianna Fail TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Medical Cards, Health Services, Hospital Waiting Lists, Social Welfare Appeals, Social Welfare Benefits

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Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

“I welcome the Bill, particularly the changes relating to the importance of local authorities. They have been taken for granted for far too long. We have moved away from the full meaning of local authorities and what they deliver to the people they represent. In the context of the pre-planning phase, I fully agree that there must be greater consultation with the local communities involved....”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (30 Nov 2021)

“157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recommendations of the Salmon Commission relative to the 5% rod exploitation rate on catch and release and 15% on harvesting fish is being applied and enforced or if a variation of the recommendations are now being applied; the way an allowance for a dry year is calculated; if fish counters are installed on the...”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Nov 2021)

“409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) which is under appeal will be expedited and approved. [59036/21]”

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• Has spoken in 61 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 239 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") 306 times in debates — average among TDs.
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