• Sinn Fein TD for Cork North Central
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Housing Schemes, Covid-19 Pandemic, National Drugs Strategy, Departmental Data

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 May 2024)

“There is a serious knock-on effect for children because of the failures to provide therapies. Behavioural issues are getting worse, children are falling behind and through the gaps, and staff are under constant pressure and stress, all of which could be resolved. We will not be able to fix everything but if the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, were to provide €150,000, the...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 May 2024)

“I have raised a number of times in the past the issue of the return of therapists to special schools, including St. Killian's Special School and Cara Junior School in my constituency. Figures I have received show that there are 368 students in special schools in children's disability network team, CDNT, 8 in my constituency, and they have only been sanctioned two full-time therapists for 368...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

“Kinsale and Bandon are not local, just to let the Minister of State know that. I see parents who have to take their kids all over Cork. It is not good enough.”

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• Has spoken in 120 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 592 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 315 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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