• 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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Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

“I ask the Chairman's guidance, as I have questions that are relevant to the Bill rather than the specific sections and subsections. When is the time to address those questions to the Minister of State?”

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

“Great. The risk equalisation levy is a regressive levy if one assumes that higher-income households buy more expensive healthcare and lower income households, where they can afford it, buy less expensive health insurance policies. Risk equalisation divides into two different types of policies, namely, advanced and non-advanced, and it applies a flat rate to them. It applies a levy of...”

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

“I appreciate that the Minister of State is standing in for the Minister, however, this is Committee Stage and my question speaks directly to what is being proposed in the Bill. How do we proceed?”

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• Has spoken in 85 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 565 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") 417 times in debates — average among TDs.
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