• Fine Gael TD for Wicklow
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff, Departmental Bodies, Special Educational Needs, Health Services, Social Welfare Benefits

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Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (20 Sep 2017)

“I want to reassure Deputy McLoughlin and all patients that in so far as my Department has any role to play in terms of clarifying funding arrangements for drugs, it has discharged that in relation to nivolumab and eight other drugs in July. There is agreement between the HSE and my Department on the funding requirement for this and in that regard, the HSE has, in discharging its own legal...”

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (20 Sep 2017)

“I begin by thanking Deputy McLoughlin for raising this issue and constantly advocating on behalf of the people of Sligo and bringing forward concerns of importance to them regarding health services to my attention. I greatly appreciate that. As the Deputy very eloquently outlined, medicines play a vital role in improving the overall health of patients and securing access to new and...”

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• Has spoken in 71 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 432 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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