• Independent TD for Galway West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Email me whenever Catherine Connolly speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): International Protection, Covid-19 Pandemic, Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries, Middle East, Direct Provision System

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

“Gabhaim míle maith ag an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach and I thank Deputy Harkin for putting the spotlight on these two issues. In four and a half minutes, I cannot do justice to this matter but I fully support the concepts behind this motion and, indeed, the Deputy has drawn attention to the ESRI report published in January last and she has read out the consequences of the policy...”

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

“Yes, 13 beds, at a time when the regional hospital is at absolute breaking point. I know that a Commission on Care for Older People has been set up and it is sort of pushing things. I welcome it and I look forward to its report and its recommendations but there is great urgency to that. We need to do something. Generally on what is happening with regard to privatisation, it has led to...”

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

“There are three Sinn Féin speakers left.”

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• Has spoken in 550 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 676 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 14–15 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") 1501 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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