• Fianna Fail TD for Longford-Westmeath
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Passport Services, Covid-19 Pandemic, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Agriculture Schemes, Greyhound Industry

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Business Support Package: Statements (23 May 2024)

“If the Ceann Comhairle will indulge me, I welcome members of Drumlish Hill Club. It is a predominantly a female audience in the House. I think there are three men among 19.”

Business Support Package: Statements (23 May 2024)

“I know we are talking about enterprise and retail but I want to get them out of Dublin as quickly as possible because they are spending too much money, so I want to get them back to Longford where it is to be hoped their money will be more productively spent. I think this is my first time to address the Minister in his new capacity. I commend him. I know he is a number of weeks into the...”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

“63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly registered for the increased cost of business grant before 1 May 2024; how many more in each county have registered since the application process reopened recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23101/24]”

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• Has spoken in 59 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 153 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 124 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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