• Independent TD for Limerick County
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Departmental Transport, EU Data, State Examinations, Health Services Staff

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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 May 2024)

“113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the household benefit package can be made available to all persons once they reach State pension age of 66 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23258/24]”

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2024)

“Housing for All is a miss because the Government is not providing houses for all. If it were, it would allow the people who want to provide their own houses to build them, and it could then provide more houses for the people who need them. What it is actually doing is pricing people who want to build their own houses out of the market. It is then allowing vulture funds to buy up housing in...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

“I am not a climate change denier. I know we need energy, but I also know that we need people to enjoy this country and have the opportunity to enjoy the future. Nobody should be left behind. New South Wales in Australia issued an energy noise guidance at 35 dB LA90. This is designed to protect people's health. The Government here continues to allow 45 dB LA90, or double the loudness....”

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• Has spoken in 80 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 49 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 13–14 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") 391 times in debates — average among TDs.
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