• Fianna Fail TD for Cork South Central
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Tax Yield, Health Services, Pension Provisions, Schools Building Projects

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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (21 Feb 2019)

“197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a PPS number will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8909/19]”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Feb 2019)

“I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Looking at the figures he provided, he said 2,400 new recruits qualified since September 2014, of which 62 were assigned to the Cork city division. This is the division representing the second largest city in our State. Some 62 out of 2,400 mean that less than 3% of the newly qualified gardaí have been assigned to the whole division of Cork...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Feb 2019)

“There were announcements by his colleagues on the reopening of Ballinspittle and that Kinsale Garda station would be manned 24-7, all coinciding with his visit. The reality is the Minister acts hand-in-glove with the Garda Commissioner and there is a tie-in there, about which there is no doubt. Gardaí who have been assigned to the Togher district tell me that they are shocked when...”

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• Has spoken in 103 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1093 written questions in the last year — well above 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 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") 734 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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