• Fianna Fail TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Medical Cards, Social Welfare Benefits, Social Welfare Appeals, Hospital Waiting Lists

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Ainmniú Iarrthóirí agus Ceann Comhairle a Thoghadh - Selection of Candidate and Election of Ceann Comhairle (18 Dec 2024)

“A Chléirigh agus a chairde, ar an gcéad dul síos, is mór an onóir é dom gur éirigh liom ainmniúchán do phost an Cheann Comhairle a fháil. Gabhaim buíochas dóibh siúd a thug an t-ainmniúchán dom. Gabhaim míle buíochas freisin do gach feisire a bhí sásta labhairt nuair a bhí mo chanbhasáil...”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

“I will not labour the point. The retailers have reported it to me, the Garda and any public representative they have met in this House. It seems there is almost a reluctance to tackle that illegal activity head-on and prevent it. They refer to the lack of scanners at the various entry points to the country. I am highlighting it here because my background was in retail at one stage, and I...”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

“Since it is placed on record, the Minister of State might send the committee a copy of a note to that effect and maybe raise it with the chairman of Revenue and ask him to correspond with the committee, whoever is here after 29 November, or whenever it is going to be. We will be able to take it up. They are genuine, honest-to-God cases.”

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• Has spoken in 33 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 241 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 354 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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