• Independent TD for Cork South West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Email me whenever Michael Collins speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Education and Training Provision, Medical Card Eligibility, Strategy for Renewable Energy, Leader Programmes Funding, Youth Services Funding

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

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Mar 2019)

“Rising insurance costs affect everyone across the board. We have been told time and again these increased premiums are highly linked to insurance fraud. At present, no data are collected on insurance fraud. The insurance fraud database was to be set up but the original deadline was missed and no new deadline has been put in place. This is a disgrace. Fraudulent and exaggerated claims...”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

“On page 47 of the programme for Government, under the heading of tourism, the Government promised to work towards achieving ambitious tourism policy goals by 2025. In Kinsale, which is one of Ireland's main tourism destinations, there is a planning application for a 65-acre mussel farm, requiring bottom dredging, off Kinsale Harbour. The people of Kinsale and I have serious environmental...”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

“I asked about a mussel farm off Kinsale.”

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• Has spoken in 188 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — 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.
• 29 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Michael Collins speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 227 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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