• Fianna Fail TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Medical Cards, Social Welfare Benefits, Social Welfare Appeals, Hospital Waiting Lists

(based on written questions asked by John McGuinness and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (10 Apr 2025)

“145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline any involvement he or his Department has had relative to discussions regarding the CIÉ pension scheme for regular wage staff and school bus drivers; if he has plans to assist the company in resolving the outstanding issues facing retired employees who are not in receipt of their pension entitlements; and if he will make...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Projects (10 Apr 2025)

“195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 12 February 2025, the progress made relative to establishing an appeal process for increased-cost-of-business and Power Up grants; if he has determined through the local authorities the number of applicants that failed to qualify for the grants due to the online application’s...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Apr 2025)

“347. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to deal with the critical shortage of affordable childcare services in Carlow and Kilkenny which is placing a huge financial pressure on working families; her further plans to develop a publicly-funded, community-based early years education and childcare model; the number of childcare places available...”

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• Has spoken in 59 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 203 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 367 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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