• Fianna Fail TD for Cork South Central
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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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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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

“At the outset, I thank committee members for facilitating this session this morning. I know it is out of their normal calendar cycle, so I do appreciate the co-operation of colleagues in that regard. I will say a few words on section 8 first and I will then deal with some of the specific issues that colleagues have raised. Section 8(1) provides the mechanism for contributions to the...”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

“Ultimately, that question, which we will come to consider in more detail in section 26, is a matter of judgment. The criteria are laid out within section 26. Factors will have to be considered such as the general Government balance at the point in time, corporation tax receipts, GDP, employment, unemployment and any other such matters that IFAC and then the Minister in his or her...”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

“My view on that is there is not a one-to-one relationship there. If we have a deficit of X, it does not necessarily mean additional borrowing of X by the NTMA. There is considerable flexibility in its view of what is required to be held on reserve. It has built up a considerable level of cash and liquid financial assets. Based on the numbers we have here, I stand over the plan to continue...”

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• Has spoken in 46 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") 1276 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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