• Green Party TD for Dublin South Central
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
• Email me whenever Patrick Costello speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Prison Service, Children in Care, Departmental Data, Defence Forces, Bus Services

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Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

“A minor frustration in relation to this Bill is that it is yet another amendment of an Act that has been amended and amended. It would have been in everybody's interests to produce a consolidated version of the various amended Defence Acts and produce a clear piece of legislation instead of one needing six or seven Acts to try to understand what is going on. We certainly have a habit in...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

“Recently the Policing Authority produced its report, Oversight of Policing Response to Child Sexual Abuse 2023. To quote the report, "The area of interagency working is a key area where continuing challenges present." The report highlights the need for enhancing multi-agency collaboration at a strategic level and at an operational level. The most straightforward way of doing this is...”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (1 May 2024)

“90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the business practice among electricity suppliers to prevent customers from moving back to a flat-rate tariff if they have opted in-to a smart tariff; if this practice has been examined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/24]”

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• Has spoken in 94 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 759 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 107 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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