• Sinn Fein TD for Clare
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Apprenticeship Programmes, Further and Higher Education, Social Welfare Payments, Departmental Data, An Garda Síochána

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National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2025)

“In terms of the purchasing of land, I think the amendment should definitely stand. I would be fearful if there is no guarantee preventing a future Minister from changing that to buy buildings for anything other than upskilling and training. It needs to be clear in black and white that that is what the payments are for, so I will press the amendment.”

National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2025)

“Should moneys for this purpose not be coming from Exchequer capital expenditure rather than the NTF? As the Minister set out when he spoke on Committee Stage and again today, the NTF is to be used "to raise the skills", "to provide training" and "to provide information". We could very quickly go through that surplus if we were to use it for retrofitting and on buildings. In such...”

National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2025)

“I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(c) these payments to only relate to training and upskilling and not for any other purpose; these payments to only relate to the construction or reconstruction (not retrofitting) of a premises that is only used for training and educational purposes.”.”. The diversion of a...”

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• Has spoken in 69 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 578 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 48 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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