• Fianna Fail TD for Cork South Central
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Michael McGrath speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Tax Yield, Health Services, Pension Provisions, Tax Data

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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (30 May 2024)

“I am advised by Revenue that the receipts collected in respect of Fuel Taxes in each of the past ten years up to 2022 are published on the Revenue website at: www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statis tics/excise/receipts-volume-and-price/excise-receipts-commod ity.aspx. The receipts for 2023 and the provisional receipts for the year to April 2024 are shown in the...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (30 May 2024)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together. In October 2021, Ireland, along with more than 135 other countries, signed up to the two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from digitalisation. Discussions remain on-going at the OECD on a number of key elements of Pillar One which, once agreed, would involve a portion of taxable profits from Irish-based...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (30 May 2024)

“The Deputy should note that I have no role in relation to the granting or refusal of Primary Medical Certificates or Board Medical Certificates. The HSE and the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal (DDMBA) are independent in their clinical determinations. At an appeal hearing the Board reviews the decision by a HSE Primary/Principal Medical Officer and determines if an appellant does,...”

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• Has spoken in 45 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• 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 17–18 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") 1289 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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