• Fianna Fail TD for Sligo-Leitrim
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 February 2016 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff Redeployment, Medicinal Products Reimbursement, IBRC Liquidation, NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures, Garda Stations

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

“I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I thank Mr. Horan in particular for the excellent work he has done with the governance report. It is difficult, however, to define a governance report. Mr. Horan described it as a means to an end, but I suggest it is a bit more than that; it is an essential prerequisite for any body in receipt of State funds. It is not a journey in that...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

“I agree.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

“I do not doubt that. I agree that the headline issues are very good things but in real terms, would Mr. Horan prefer not to have been starting from there at all? Let us say, in an ideal world if Mr. Horan was dealing not only with his terms of reference but the Mazars report reviewing the issues of concern, the Grant Thornton report to conduct an internal review of the association's books,...”

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• Has spoken in 54 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 33 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 128 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 7 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 93 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 743 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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