• Fine Gael Senator (Labour Panel)
• Former Fine Gael TD for Cavan-Monaghan
• Left the Dáil on 26 February 2016 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
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Seanad: Migration: Motion (19 Nov 2025)

“I welcome the Minister and thank him for the great work he is doing here and the humane approach and wisdom he brings to it. I welcome to the Gallery a wonderful exemplar of the best of immigration and the wonder of diversity in our country, namely, Councillor Yemi Adenuga. She is a guest of my colleague Senator Linda Nelson Murray. I utterly condemn the recent racial attacks,...”

Seanad: Migration: Motion (19 Nov 2025)

“It is a debate that we could go on with”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Bilateral Relationship between Canada and Ireland: Discussion (18 Nov 2025)

“I welcome our guests. We are very proud that their Prime Minister has strong Irish heritage. He is a very impressive individual on the world stage as well. I will ask about a few things. Irish farmers at the moment feel threatened by Mercosur and its implications in the sense that they feel threatened by beef and whatever potentially coming in from South America. That is perceived as a...”

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• Has spoken in 54 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 25 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — below average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 126 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 772 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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