• 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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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

“I welcome the witnesses. I have come across a case or two lately of shopkeepers who had claims made against them, and the insurance companies settled the claims for “economic reasons”, which was the phrase they used. They settled them at low money, or reasonable money. My point is that the insurance companies did not challenge the case at all. Is that a general thing? If...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

“I have some other questions. Quickly, could this be rectified? What could the Government do to deal with it?”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform (17 Sep 2025)

“I thank Mr. Jennings for that. We will keep an eye on it in the Seanad. I know Deputy Timmins raised this but can the witnesses delineate fairly quickly the specific obstacles to more companies coming into the market and more competition?”

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• Has spoken in 54 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 35 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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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") 767 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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