• Fianna Fail TD for Clare
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Nominated by the Taoiseach)
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
• Email me whenever Timmy Dooley speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff Training, National Broadband Plan, Hospital Waiting Lists

(based on written questions asked by Timmy Dooley and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waterways Issues (13 Nov 2025)

“I can advise the Deputy that the Department received this correspondence on transfer from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine this week and a formal reply is being prepared. In setting out annual fisheries legislation regarding salmon management, the Department and I consistently act in line with Government policy that salmon management is aligned with scientific advice. The...”

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (13 Nov 2025)

“Kilkeaveragh Pier was built and owned by Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and held in what was called the Iveragh Estate. Irish Land Commission records relating to the TCD Estates indicate that Kilkeaveragh Pier was specifically excluded from the transfer when the Barony of Iveragh was sold to the Congested District Boards in 1913. Therefore, it is my Department’s understanding that...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Generation (12 Nov 2025)

“I thank Senator Collins for raising what is an important issue. It is an issue that is regularly vented in both Houses.I come across it regularly in my constituency, as does the Senator. It is important that we try to put in context why we as a State are encouraging renewable energy, and the importance of it. It is important that people in communities engage collectively and also with the...”

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• Has spoken in 27 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 38 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 81 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — above average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 44 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Timmy Dooley speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 805 times in debates — well above 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") 360 times in debates — 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.)

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