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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Schools Building Projects Status, Hospitals Capital Programme, Hospital Services, School Accommodation Provision, Defective Building Materials

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Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (2 Dec 2025)

“I am pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the debate. I will refer to some of the positives in the amendment to the defective blocks legislation. For example, it is an opportunity for retrospective payments to be made to homeowners who previously hit the scheme cap. This is the extra 10% in most cases. I agree with many of the contributors that the date of 29 March 2024 is...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
Adequate Standard of Living for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (26 Nov 2025)

“I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. I have a few questions which might be a bit off the radar. We all deal with primary medical certificates for people with disabilities. The rules are far too restrictive. Have any of the witnesses made a case to the Minister for Finance to make them less restrictive? People who have disabilities are entitled to this facility. The...”

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• Has spoken in 32 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 62 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 14–15 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") 689 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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