• 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, Ministerial Appointments, Naturalisation Applications, Services for People with Disabilities, Beef Data Programme

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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (2 Jul 2020)

“We have been notified that Deputies Sorca Clarke, Steven Matthews, Gary Gannon, Cormac Devlin, Kathleen Funchion, Gino Kenny, John Lahart, Paul Murphy, Darren O'Rourke, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Richard Boyd Barrett and Niamh Smyth will substitute for their party colleagues today. I also congratulate Deputies Colm Brophy, Mary Butler and Ossian Smyth on their...”

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

“I welcome our witnesses from the arts, entertainment and tourism sectors. I apologise for being out of breath. From the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht we have Ms Katherine Licken, Secretary General; Mr Conor Falvey, assistant secretary; Dr. Aodhán Mac Cormaic, director of Irish; and Ms Tania Banotti, director of the Creative Ireland programme. From Fáilte...”

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

“I ask Ms Licken to conclude if possible.”

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• Has spoken in 47 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 15 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 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") 174 times in debates — average among TDs.
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