• Fianna Fail TD for Meath East
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Cultural and Educational Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 26 April 2011 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 February 2016 — Resigned
• Email me whenever Thomas Byrne speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Numerology

No data to display yet.

Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Schools Building Projects Status, Schools Building Projects, Broadband Service Provision, Special Educational Needs Service Provision, Special Educational Needs

(based on written questions asked by Thomas Byrne and answered by departments)

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

“A rules-based system is important. While I agree that SUSI is rigid, the rules must be changed on this side of the desk and I am not sure whether Mr. Connolly has a role in that. Does he advise the Government on the statutory scheme that is published every year? Can Mr. Connolly comment on the reduction in the SUSI budget this year? Is that having an impact? The Estimate provided for...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

“Does Mr. Connolly accept that the Department of Education and Skills' estimate for SUSI is reduced this year?”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

“Fewer people will get grants.”

More of Thomas Byrne's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

These statistics are updated only each weekend. Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site.More about this)

• Has spoken in 117 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 61 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 529 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 43 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Thomas Byrne speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 345 times in debates — average among TDs.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 569 times in debates — above average among Senators.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)