• Independent TD for Tipperary South
• Changed party from Fianna Fail on 29 Jun 2010
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Mattie McGrath speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Funding, Medical Cards, Departmental Staff

(based on written questions asked by Mattie McGrath and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (10 Apr 2025)

“54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of grid alerts issued by Eirgrid in the past twelve months; the efforts his Department is taking to improve the State’s energy security; if he is concerned about the increase in electricity consumption of data centres by 20% between 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16674/25]”

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

“I too am concerned about tariffs as there are more than 9,000 FDI jobs in Clonmel and thousands more of them in Dungarvan up the road from me. However, like Deputy Nolan, I too am concerned about the tariffs that our own Government has imposed on the ordinary people, such as the punitive carbon tax and the nearly 48% tax applied to anyone wanting to build a new home. I am talking about...”

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

“Go raibh maith agat.”

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• Has spoken in 186 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 299 written questions in the last year — above 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 13–14 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 55 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Mattie McGrath speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2692 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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