• Fianna Fail TD for Kerry
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, State Examinations, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Hospital Appointments Status, Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

(based on written questions asked by Norma Foley and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Parental Leave (10 Dec 2025)

“Under the Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019, an employee who is a relevant parent in respect of a child under the age 12 is entitled to 26 weeks’ unpaid parental leave for each child. Where a child has a disability or long-term illness, the entitlement can continue until the child is 16. A relevant parent is a parent, an adoptive parent, or a person acting in ‘loco...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Policies (10 Dec 2025)

“The Department is currently collating the information requested and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy on this matter as soon as possible.”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (10 Dec 2025)

“As part of the National Development Plan review the allocation for this Department has increased to €795 million over the next five years. This increased funding will be used in part to provide additional early learning and childcare places through future capital programmes, which will primarily focus on implementing the commitment to capital investment in State-owned early learning...”

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• Has spoken in 31 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 552 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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