• 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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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Disability Services, Departmental Contracts, Primary Care Centres, Departmental Staff, Health Services

(based on written questions asked by Micheál Carrigy and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (28 Jul 2026)

“1284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled per class for a school (details supplied) for each of the years 2024, 2025 and 2026; the staff ratio for the school for each of those years; and her plans to address the student teacher ratio in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57198/26]”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (28 Jul 2026)

“2221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to open a physical domestic violence refuge house in County Longford; and if not, if this will be considered. [56325/26]”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ageing Complexity and Health Needs of People with Intellectual Disabilities: Discussion (15 Jul 2026)

“I apologise for being late. I compliment the witnesses on the work they have done over a number of decades. I also compliment the centre on the courses that were put in place in Trinity and the Dundalk Institute of Technology. The latter were the first third level institutions to offer specific courses. I chaired the autism committee in the previous Oireachtas. We brought Dr. Hugo...”

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• Has spoken in 133 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 151 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — 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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