• 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

(based on written questions asked by Seán Sherlock and answered by departments)

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)

“Tusla would prosecute in the event that a service is unregulated.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)

“I welcome the witnesses before us today. I want to start by saying that I have much sympathy for the predicament that parents find themselves in at present, particularly those parents whose children are attending some of these facilities as we speak and who are absolutely and utterly conflicted about sending their children to these facilities but have no other choice other than to go back to...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)

“I want straight answers from Mr. Smyth, please.”

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• Has spoken in 106 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 347 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 559 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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