• Fianna Fail TD for Sligo-Leitrim
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Changed party from Fianna Fail on 4 Aug 2009
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 24 May 2007 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): School Transport, Departmental Properties, GLAS Payments, Hospital Services, Sports Capital Programme Applications

(based on written questions asked by Eamon Scanlon and answered by departments)

Haulage Costs for SMEs: Statements (20 Nov 2025)

“I welcome these statements on this important sector. Recent years have been extremely challenging for the haulage and road freight sector. In my own area of south Sligo, there are three haulage companies operating: O'Dowd's Haulage in Gorteen, which employs 60 people and uses 20 trucks; Stephen Mullen's haulage company in Tubbercurry, which employs 55 and has 25 trucks; and Strandvaus in...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Nov 2025)

“I seek the support of the Minister in the Department of housing and local government to increase the number of personnel and improve efficiency in Tailte Éireann, formerly the Land Registry. There is total frustration as to how it is currently handling dealings. I have received numerous complaints from constituents and those in the legal profession regarding significant delays, some...”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Nov 2025)

“132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of a new bridge urgently needed to replace the existing Lennox bridge, which connects Kinlough, County Leitrim to Bundoran and Ballyshannon in County Donegal [63172/25]”

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• Has spoken in 21 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 185 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• 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.
• 14 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Eamon Scanlon speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 151 times in debates — average among TDs.
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