• Fianna Fail TD for Limerick City
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Social Welfare Benefits, Social Welfare Benefits Data, Social Welfare Benefits Numbers, Departmental Bodies, Social Welfare Benefits Applications

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National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

“I wish to share time with Deputies Eugene Murphy, Butler and Murphy O'Mahony. Having read this Bill, I recommended to my party that it should be supported and we intend to support it. The Bill seems to set out to do two things which are quite simple but, to me, eminently sensible. It seeks to ensure that when a tip or a gratuity is given to a worker in a place such as a restaurant,...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Jobs Protection (18 Jun 2019)

“I thank the Minister of State for his reassurance that IDA Ireland is in close contact with the company. I want to ask the Minister of State a couple of questions. He says this will be a short-term close down. What evidence does he have to support that? There is a great deal of uncertainty out there. The reality is that people do not know whether this will be short-term or otherwise....”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Jobs Protection (18 Jun 2019)

“As the Minister of State is aware, Analog Devices is one of Limerick's biggest employers and the main European base for the Analog Devices company, which has its headquarters in Massachusetts in the United States. Recently the American Government blacklisted a Chinese company preventing it effectively from purchasing American made parts and components. Analog Devices makes semi-conductors...”

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• Has spoken in 63 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 349 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 899 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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