• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin Rathdown
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Dental Services, Ukraine War, Special Educational Needs, Tax Code, Pension Provisions

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

“I found the name of that agency; it is the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market. It should have been on the tip of my tongue. Does the alliance appreciate that despite calling for additional resources for that body, it cannot do anything to affect the size of the Irish market? If market size is the key problem here, we might need to look at other potential solutions, for...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

“This is a problem across the financial services industry in general. There is a lack of competition in the banking sector as well. Measures will have to be taken in order to address that. Would the alliance see insurance rolling up in that? Does it believe there is potentially a broader solution in the financial services sector, or would it prefer to push for a single insurance solution?”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

“Mr. Jennings will find that part of the reason we are having this committee hearing today is to attempt to join our witnesses in that fightback. We are seeking to find out where the problems actually are and what we need to deal with them. That takes me to my next point. Mr. Jennings touched on the lack of willingness from the insurance companies to engage. It seems to me, as I look at...”

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• Has spoken in 32 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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