• Fianna Fail TD for Longford-Westmeath
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Passport Services, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Covid-19 Pandemic, Agriculture Schemes, Hospital Waiting Lists

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Policy (30 May 2024)

“I thank the Minister of State very much. It is safe to say there was nothing in that reply that will send me home with the wind in my sails this evening. Notwithstanding that, I note there are probably young secondary school teachers who will tell me they were in junior cycle when it was agreed to carry out a review of the JCSP as part of the implementation of the framework for junior...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Policy (30 May 2024)

“I want to speak to the issue of the extension of access to the junior cycle schools programme, JCSP, digital libraries to all schools, particularly DEIS schools. Notwithstanding a proud literary tradition and as a son of a county that gave us Maria Edgeworth, Goldsmith, Padraic Colum and, more recently, John Connell and Belinda McKeon, it is regrettable that our schools network is strangled...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

“80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes currently in construction nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24315/24]”

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• Has spoken in 62 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 151 written questions in the last year — 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 TDs.
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