• Fianna Fail Senator (Nominated by the Taoiseach)
• Former Fianna Fail TD for Clare
• Left the Dáil on 8 February 2020 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

“An issue has arisen but I have not had an opportunity to table an amendment on it yet. It relates to the establishment of the need to grant certain employment permits and how that might be advertised or how an individual or company would make people aware of that. The Bill refers to the notice being published on "one or more online platforms". I have a concern because there is such a...”

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

“I thank the Minister of State. While I understand the 50:50 rule, the reality is that citizens need to be made aware of this if we are to lift any burden from the employer. We all know how employers work. They are good people and I would not want to cast any aspersions. However, while the guardrail protects the 50:50 rule, there are many new citizens coming to live and work here, and...”

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

“For clarity and for the avoidance of doubt, I am not suggesting that it needs to appear in national newsprint but on a national publisher’s digital platform. Many of our national publishers are migrating their activities online and I consume most of my national news from the national digital platforms of the main publishers. As for the speed and agility with which we need to move, I...”

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• Has spoken in 90 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 36 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 231 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — 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.
• 38 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Timmy Dooley speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 764 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 341 times in debates — average among Senators.
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