• 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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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (27 Nov 2025)

“I thank Deputies Bennet, Smith and Moynihan for raising what gets to the heart of the CAP - having enough money it in. What has been ring-fenced is 80%. It is not enough. I agree with Deputies Smith and Moynihan in terms of the importance of generational renewal, the next generation and certainty for all farmers. In direct answer to Deputy Bennett's point around the NRPP and the national...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (27 Nov 2025)

“At its heart was food security. The Common Agricultural Policy has been really successful and we cannot lose sight of that.”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Nov 2025)

“I thank the Deputy for raising the important matter of the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, which is the flagship environmental scheme provided under the 2023-27 CAP strategic plan, with €1.5 billion in Exchequer and EU funding allocated over the course of the scheme. There are currently just under 53,700 participants in ACRES. ACRES payments issue on a scheme year...”

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• Has spoken in 40 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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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 397 times in debates — average among TDs.
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