• Fine Gael TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 25 February 2011 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Schools Building Projects, European Union, Energy Policy, Tobacco Control Measures, Banking Sector Regulation

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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (9 Jul 2024)

“263. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on proposals from the European Commission to cut and modulate regulatory data protection intellectual property rights in the European Union as part of the revision to the general pharmaceutical revision; his views, in particular, on the potential impacts of these proposals on investment, innovation and employment in the...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (9 Jul 2024)

“264. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the decision of Ireland, at the EPSCO Council on 21 June, to indicate support for proposals to cut and modulate regulatory data protection intellectual property rights for pharmaceutical companies; his views, in particular, on the potential impacts of this position on investment, innovation and employment in the life...”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Jul 2024)

“515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list all countries which are currently designated as safe countries for the purposes of Irish asylum applications; to list all other countries which are currently under consideration for such a designation at present, in tabular form;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29362/24]”

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• Has spoken in 5 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 132 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 293 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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