• Social Democrats TD for Dublin North West
• Changed party from Independent on 14 Jul 2015; from Labour on 27 Sep 2012
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Services, Social Welfare Benefits, Tax Code, Pension Provisions

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Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

“The previous Chair told us that because we were running behind schedule, there would be a little flexibility with the time.”

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

“There is a dire shortage of dentists and we were told the Minister's response was to put work out to the private sector. That is okay for a short-term stopgap measure. It does not work in the longer term. Will the Minister please try to concentrate on public employees in the public health service? In budget 2022, 21 neurological nursing posts were approved and 13 of those still have...”

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

“I have a response to a parliamentary question that tells me the recruitment embargo is preventing them being filled. I got it last week.”

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• Has spoken in 90 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 575 written questions in the last year — well 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 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") 1180 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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