• 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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Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

“I would consider them to be a board and they should be directing the person who is being paid by the State to do his or her job. In many counties, mayors or chairmen are down the list in terms of recognition while paid officials make it look as if it is their domain and that they have brought about these wonderful changes. Without the representatives that the public elect, we would not...”

Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

“He was told to do that.”

Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

“This was a day when the Minister of State could have made a name for himself for ever by including Kilkenny in the consideration for city status. I heard Deputy Grealish and others discuss the significance of the corporation, as it was then, the urban council and so on. These bodies could learn from the experience of Kilkenny city, where the destruction of local government was begun in...”

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• Has spoken in 75 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 308 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 247 times in debates — average among TDs.
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