• Fianna Fail Senator (Labour Panel)
• Former Fianna Fail TD for Meath West
• Left the Dáil on 8 February 2020 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 30 March 2020 — General election
• Email me whenever Shane Cassells speaks (no more than once per day)

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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

“I welcome the statement from the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, this morning on the decision by the country’s leading mobile phone operators to support her plan for voluntary agreements to keep childhood smartphone-free. Vodafone, Three, Eir, Tesco Mobile, Virgin Media and An Post Mobile have all confirmed that they are supporting the keeping childhood smartphone-free guide for...”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

“Not half enough.”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

“They should get ten times more.”

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• Has spoken in 53 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 30 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 264 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
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• 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") 102 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 125 times in debates — well below 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.)