• 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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Asks most questions about

• 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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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland (18 Oct 2018)

“198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings that have taken place with the director general of Science Foundation Ireland in respect of the defunding of an institution (details supplied); the details of minutes supplied to her by her officials; the details of notes supplied by the director general to the meeting; and the details of her conclusions arising from...”

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

“Mr. Justice Charleton described sitting through the hearings in Dublin Castle as a dispiriting exercise. For those of us who have done so, reading his report is equally dispiriting. As Mr. Justice Charleton wrote, "Every judge is conscious that the task of judging others is a human function. As such, it is fallible." The judge will therefore understand that I do not share his every...”

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

“The then Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, was in charge of the "dysfunctional" Department of Justice and Equality, as the Taoiseach called it. The Charleton tribunal had asked everyone to provide full documentation to it, but subsequently the Department had to provide multiple boxes of newly discovered information. Nothing in the report published this week points to a vindication in relation to...”

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• Has spoken in 109 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 336 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") 523 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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