• Fine Gael TD for Kildare South
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Schools Building Projects Status, Tax Code, Broadband Service Provision, Special Educational Needs Service Provision, Departmental Contracts Data

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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (16 Apr 2026)

“Government Departments have no role in setting, prescribing or regulating salary scales for employees of private sector organisations, including those working in privately-operated veterinary practices. Pay and conditions in the veterinary sector are matters for individual employers and employees, or their representative bodies, and are determined through normal contractual arrangements...”

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Apr 2026)

“The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) is a demand-led scheme with a defined budgetary allocation. TAMS 3 has proved to be extremely popular, with payments of over €152 million issued to farmers since payments commenced in June 2024. Tranche 10 of TAMS 3 closed for applications on 5 December, with 7,905 applications submitted across all schemes, of which 2,076...”

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Apr 2026)

“The Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. The scheme operates in tranches, and more than 63,000 applications have been received across the first eleven tranches of TAMS 3. This is approximately three times the average number of applications received over...”

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• Has spoken in 49 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 465 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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