• 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): Disease Management, Departmental Staff Redeployment, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Covid-19 Pandemic, Medicinal Products Reimbursement

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

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 May 2021)

“55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider including sports clubs for eligibility to the new scheme for outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality businesses given the fact that they cater for much the same sector as private businesses involved in dining and pubs and they also pay commercial rates to local authorities; if her...”

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

“I thank the Ministers of State, Deputies Butler and Feighan, for all of their efforts in respect of mental health. I do not in any way doubt their commitment but, as with all of their predecessors, they are starved of the adequate resources and structures to do what I know they need to do and could achieve in the battle against our nation's silent crisis. In the coming weeks, I will publish...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2021)

“88. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider including financial supports for essential upgrade and expansion of childcare facilities in the Early Learning Care and School Age Childcare Capital Programme for 2022 to cater for the ever-changing needs of children, families and service providers and to comply with Tusla requirements...”

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• Has spoken in 61 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 189 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 30 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Marc MacSharry speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 153 times in debates — 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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