• Fine Gael TD for Limerick County
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Medical Cards, Departmental Funding, Social Welfare Appeals, Single Payment Scheme Payments

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (23 May 2024)

“I do not have anything more to add. We are taking this issue very seriously. I hope to be in a position to make an announcement with regard to this as soon as possible. However, there is a caveat having had regard to all of the indicators I set out, which the Deputy will appreciate as a former Minister.”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

“Before the Deputy entered the Chamber, I referred to the movement from second level to tertiary level, particularly for those who are in receipt of personal assistance hours. In many cases, they move from primary to secondary with school special needs assistants or other forms of assistance and then there is a cliff edge. There is no doubt that this cliff edge is extremely daunting. It...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

“I have no problem at all in doing so. In the context of the discussion on personal assistants, we are in the same place now as our predecessors were 20 years ago in their discussions about special needs assistants in the primary sector. It is a natural and good progression. It is a good progression because many of the people we are talking about have come through extremely challenging...”

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• Has spoken in 25 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 26 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 560 times in debates — average among TDs.
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