• Fianna Fail TD for Limerick County
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Niall Collins speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Ministerial Travel, Departmental Reports, Brexit Issues, Consultancy Contracts

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Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Jun 2018)

“I thank the Minister of State for his comments and Deputy Quinlivan for his support. We are all on the same page and want to reach the same end point in terms of consumer protection. The amount of money that is spent on gift cards and vouchers is considerable. Ironically, the people who are most vulnerable to the inadequacies of the law in the unregulated sector are children, who are...”

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Jun 2018)

“It is partnered with An Post, which is a commercial semi-State body. Its model is one to which the unregulated sector should aspire. That the money involved is held in a third party escrow account is a positive and comforting factor for people who engage with that entity, which is regulated under the EU's e-money directive. I thank Deputy Quinlivan, the Sinn Féin Party, the Minister of...”

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Jun 2018)

“Yes.”

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• Has spoken in 55 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1002 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — 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") 494 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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