• Fine Gael TD for Kildare North
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Residency Permits, Social Welfare Benefits, Asylum Applications, Citizenship Applications, Schools Building Projects

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Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

“I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important issue. I congratulate the Minister of State on her new position and responsibility. It is a very serious and senior position with a lot of responsibility and issues that need very urgent attention and results in a short space of time. Right across County Kildare, north and south but particularly in north Kildare, there is huge...”

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2024)

“32. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister. [16765/24]”

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

“15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet next. [19205/24]”

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• Has spoken in 239 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 2267 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 18 comments on this TD's speeches — well 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2117 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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