• Sinn Fein TD for Louth
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Special Educational Needs, Covid-19 Pandemic, National Broadband Plan, Defence Forces, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

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Paediatric Spinal Surgery Waiting Lists: Statements (19 Nov 2025)

“Más rud é nach bhfuil fadhb ag duine ar bith, tá muid ag dul ar ais go dtí Sinn Féin leis an Teachta Ward.”

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Nov 2025)

“Yes, but the investor–state dispute settlement-----”

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Nov 2025)

“We are obviously in support of ensuring that we have a sufficient amount of capacity in our Defence Forces. We also need to ensure that we have the capacity to deal with some of the hybrid threats that are in the world that we have to deal with at this point of time. That is everything from cyber to the issue of disinformation, whether organised or disorganised, and the huge harm they can...”

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• Has spoken in 220 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 537 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") 858 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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