• Fianna Fail TD for Limerick County
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Ministerial Travel, Departmental Staff Data, Brexit Issues, Departmental Reports

(based on written questions asked by Niall Collins and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Sep 2021)

“Craft apprenticeships account for 25 of the 62 existing available apprenticeship programmes. They comprise of a standard seven phase programme of alternating on-the-job and off-the-job phases delivered in Training Centres, Institutes of Technology and Technological Universities. Given the practical nature of off-the-job training for craft apprentices, the shutdown of on-site learning...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Sep 2021)

“Craft apprenticeships account for 25 of the 62 existing available apprenticeship programmes. They comprise of a standard seven phase programme of alternating on-the-job and off-the-job phases. The off-the-job training for these programmes is delivered in Training Centres, Institutes of Technology and Technological Universities. Given the practical nature of off-the-job training for craft...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Sep 2021)

“Apprenticeship is undertaken under a contract of employment and, for the majority of the 62 apprenticeships that are currently available, the rate of pay is agreed by the employer and apprentice at the start of the programme. For the 25 craft apprenticeship programmes, applicable pay rates are agreed by the partners within the relevant sector, or are set out in Sectoral Employment Orders...”

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• Has spoken in 18 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 335 written questions in the last year — 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") 559 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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