• Sinn Fein TD for Kildare South
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Defence Forces, Health Services, Housing Provision, Covid-19 Pandemic, Housing Schemes

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Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

“As the Sinn Féin spokesperson on older people, I am delighted to speak in broad support of this motion, and I thank the Independent Group for bringing it before the House. According to the 2022 report by Age Action, “Reframing Ageing - The State of Ageing in Ireland 2022”, one in four adults in Ireland is aged 60 or older. When expressed in numbers, that is more than 1...”

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

“I thank Deputy Ó Broin for tabling this motion. A few short weeks ago amid the celebrations for the new Taoiseach, the Minister's Government colleague, Eamon Ryan, stated that the Minister had turned around the housing crisis. If by that he meant the Minister had turned it into a complete shambles, he was right. The figures do not lie. House prices are skyrocketing, with the price of...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 May 2024)

“159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 24 April 2024, what steps she will take to speed up the late payment of the ancillary services grant and ICT digital strategy grant to schools that are out of pocket due to having bought such equipment, her response merely set out the details of the grants, and did not provide a date or commitment to...”

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• Has spoken in 66 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 242 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — 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") 214 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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