Fine Gael TD for Galway West & Mayo South

Category Archives: Speeches

Freedom of Information Bill 2013

The Freedom of Information Bill should rightfully be renamed the freedom of information restoration Bill because it aims to restore the legislation to its original position, prior to its curtailment by the Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats Government of 2002 to 2007.  The Bill before us now actually goes further than the original 1997 Bill… Continue Reading

Second Stage speech on The Protection of Human Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013

Perhaps unsurprisingly, this issue is the one on which I have received the most correspondence since my election to the House. I have received emails, letters, postcards, telephone calls and messages on social media. I have met hundreds of people, sometimes in Leinster House, but mostly in my constituency and at clinics. I was the… Continue Reading

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