• Labour TD for Cork East
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Seán Sherlock speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Hospital Services, Social Welfare Benefits, Medical Cards, Schools Building Projects

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National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

“I do not propose to detain the House for long. We unequivocally support the Bill. I came to the House with the expectation that the Government would have taken into consideration the points made in the Seanad and supported the Bill on that basis, but I am disappointed to hear, yet again, that it will use the tool of the money message to stymie the Bill. It is a practice that has become...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 Jun 2019)

“208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied). [25362/19]”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Jun 2019)

“248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if external agencies are employed in different countries to process visa applications from persons who are not Irish citizens and who seek to enter Ireland; if so, the countries in which such external agencies are used in this way; and the steps he has taken to ensure the protection of personal data supplied by visa...”

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• Has spoken in 89 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 337 written questions in the last year — 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 42 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Seán Sherlock speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 546 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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