• 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, NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures, NAMA Operations, Vaccination Programme

(based on written questions asked by Marc MacSharry and answered by departments)

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

“I welcome the witnesses. At the beginning of November The Irish Timesprinted figures that it obtained showing that 28,000 homes or as few as 14% of homes availed of Eir broadband out of a total of 200,000 homes. If the cost for the national broadband programme ranges between €1.5 billion and €3 billion then that suggests the cost of connecting each house would be at best...”

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

“Is that the Department's outlook? Are we saying we are happy if we get 20% take up for our investment of between €1.5 million and €3 billion? Mr. Mark Griffin:Not at all. Absolutely not.”

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

“The indicator at the moment for Eir is 20% instead of 14%.”

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• Has spoken in 65 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 93 written questions in the last year — below 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") 82 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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