• Fine Gael TD for Kildare South
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Martin Heydon speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Schools Building Projects Status, Tax Code, Broadband Service Provision, Departmental Contracts Data, Special Educational Needs Service Provision

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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Mar 2026)

“The standard appeal procedures will apply in this case. My Department has carried out a review and issued a letter to the applicant on 24 February 2026 upholding the initial decision. This letter also advised of the applicant's right to appeal the decision to the Agriculture Appeals Office, which operates independently of my Department. If the applicant wishes to do so, they must submit...”

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (5 Mar 2026)

“Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. Section 13 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 and the Code of Practice for Governance of State Bodies 2016 require the annual financial statements of HRI to be...”

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (5 Mar 2026)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465 and 466 together. Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body established under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a...”

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• Has spoken in 50 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") 445 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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