• Fianna Fail TD for Wicklow
• Changed party from Independent on 2 Feb 2017; from Social Democrats on 5 Nov 2016; from Independent on 14 Jul 2015
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Brexit Issues, Tax Yield, Brexit Negotiations, Tax Code, Brexit Staff

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (13 Mar 2019)

“It sounds as if one value-for-money engineering exercise was completed and identified savings of €20 million which, in the context of construction costs of €1.433 billion, represents a saving of 1.4%. The national children's hospital is a big glass doughnut with a massive garden on the roof. As anyone who has ever built a wall or an extension or watched a Dermot Bannon...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (13 Mar 2019)

“The idea that we would not look at the design of the building when a cost overrun of this scale has happened is not acceptable. It certainly would not be acceptable to people who were spending their own money. The project costs have risen from €650 million to €1.4 billion. That is like getting a price of €250,000 to build a house and then two years later being told...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (13 Mar 2019)

“I am very familiar with it-----”

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• Has spoken in 96 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 636 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 440 times in debates — average among TDs.
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