• Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 30 March 2020 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Disability Services, Departmental Contracts, Primary Care Centres, Departmental Staff, Health Services

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Financial Resolutions 2026 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (7 Oct 2026)

“Budget 2027 introduces a range of measures for older people, working families, children, people with disabilities, businesses, housing, infrastructure, farmers and fishermen, as well as education and energy security. It is about helping people who work hard to get ahead, not just to get by, and about providing support for those who are most vulnerable in our society. Some of the measures...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Progress on Integration of Gaelic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2026)

“The witnesses are welcome. I am reading the comment from the former President, Dr. McAleese, that she suspected that there were people who were not entirely happy about the idea of including women in decision-making at the top level of GAA sports. That is something I do not agree with and I was very disappointed for her to make that comment when she stepped aside. Indeed, there have been...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Progress on Integration of Gaelic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2026)

“Thanks very much. I think Ms Savage said it was a brave decision to make. I agree, and it was the right decision to get to the root of it. I have heard the intercounty spends, which are increasing. There was the figure of €45 million. I want to flesh out the witnesses' thoughts on the maximum spends at intercounty level. That is something that needs to be brought into this....”

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• Has spoken in 127 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 62 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 142 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• 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") 28 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 293 times in debates — average among Senators.
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