• Fianna Fail TD for Longford-Westmeath
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Departmental Expenditure, Hospital Waiting Lists, Covid-19 Pandemic, Medical Card Applications

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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2025)

“I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for welcoming me here today. I will not say it was the highlight of my week, but, anyway, I am glad to be here to engage with the select committee on such important legislation. Deputies O'Callaghan and Deputy Nash are opposing this section. If the section were to be deleted, it would result in the VAT rate on food and catering services and hairdressing...”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2025)

“I thank the Deputies for their contribution. I do not for a minute think I am going to change the minds of Deputies Nash or O'Callaghan to get them to withdraw their amendment but I share their views in relation to this. Every business cannot be saved. There will be business failures and that is the nature of businesses. In a previous role, I introduced the small company administrative...”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2025)

“The answer is going to be the same regardless of which of us is giving it.”

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• Has spoken in 26 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 193 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above 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.
• 62 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Robert Troy speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 911 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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