• Labour TD for Dublin Bay North
• Former Labour Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 8 February 2020 — General election
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Special Educational Needs, Schools Building Projects, School Staff, State Examinations, An Garda Síochána

(based on written questions asked by Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (23 May 2024)

“2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the review on the status of PhD researchers, that is, classification as either students or employees, has not yet been published; the reason there is a delay in it being published; when we can expect it to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23132/24]”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2024)

“22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make a statement on the curtailment and punishment of student protests in Trinity College Dublin. [23133/24]”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2024)

“33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make a statement on student protests and higher education institutions and their financial ties and investments in Israeli companies. [23134/24]”

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• Has spoken in 102 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 42 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 238 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 456 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 286 times in debates — average among Senators.
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