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

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Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Sports Funding (1 May 2024)

“I thank Senator McGahon for raising this issue. I recognise the importance of sport and physical activity for everybody. We need to ensure everybody has the opportunity to participate in sport. Encouraging greater participation in sport is an important element of the national sports policy and a key aim for the Government. People with a disability have an absolute right to enjoy and...”

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Sports Funding (1 May 2024)

“We will certainly consider that. One of the challenges with dormant accounts funding is that the money in those accounts is running low. There are fewer and fewer such accounts, so the money allocated from them is decreasing. We try to top that up from the general pot of money every year and to ensure that people with disabilities are not disadvantaged, which is something I am very keen...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (30 Apr 2024)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 373 and 374 together. While neither my Department nor Sport Ireland provides direct funding for cardiac screening or defibrillators there are grant opportunities and other supports within sport that clubs can avail of. The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical...”

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• Has spoken in 31 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 61 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
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• 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 558 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 569 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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