• Independent TD for Cork South West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Apprenticeship Data, Animal Identification Schemes, Aquaculture Licence Administration, National Broadband Plan

(based on written questions asked by Michael Collins and answered by departments)

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

“I thank the Minister and his officials for appearing before the committee. I have a number of questions. The Minister may not be able to answer them all in the time we have allocated, but he might come back to me in writing. This is another blow for the fishermen and fisherwomen in this country. It could not come at a worse time, regardless of when it should have been implemented. The...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

“It was such an interesting line of questioning by Deputy Mac Lochlainn, I might have stepped aside to give him an opportunity to continue.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

“I have a number of brief questions. I still do not understand the situation with regard to the fishing licence holder. Under this legislation, the fishing licence holder is being forced to retain the penalty points on his or her licence even if the case is cleared in court. No fair or liberal democracy would allow this. How are we going to vote this into place? Do the control agencies...”

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• Has spoken in 241 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 65 written questions in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• 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") 465 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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