• Independent TD for Clare
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Michael McNamara speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Bodies, School Transport, Ministerial Appointments, Naturalisation Applications, Beef Data Programme

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Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

“I agree with what Deputy Carthy said about the need for the Government to consider proposals that will enable the marts to function. Deputy Fitzmaurice and I are bringing proposals to the Tánaiste, Deputy Varadkar, who said he will consider them. When we raised the matter with the Taoiseach, he said that there could be no special provisions for any interest group and that is what I...”

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

“I welcome the Sinn Féin amendments, which I will support. I thank Deputy Cullinane and his party for tabling them. I endorse what Deputies Howlin, Shortall and Bríd Smith have said. I hope none of them takes offence at my endorsement. I will take this opportunity to ask the Minister a specific question and I would welcome an answer to it. We are allowing the Minister to...”

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

“I apologise. If I stand too close to it, I walk into it. I probably need to lose some weight. I am not the only one, but that is a different matter.”

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• Has spoken in 102 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 104 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 209 times in debates — average among TDs.
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