• Former Green Party TD for Dún Laoghaire
• Left the Dáil on 29 November 2024 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election

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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (23 Oct 2024)

“Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. National Broadband...”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (22 Oct 2024)

“The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The premises in question is in the BLUE area on the broadband map. The BLUE area represents those areas where commercial providers are either currently delivering or have plans to deliver high-speed broadband services. The Department defines high-speed...”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (22 Oct 2024)

“Uptake of the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) has been very positive to date and, since launch on 1 February, almost 615 million bottles and cans have been returned, with average daily rates now regularly exceeding 3 million containers. This equates to €106 million in deposits refunded to consumers, averaging just over €0.5 million per day. As with most waste statistics,...”

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• Has spoken in 43 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 13 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 408 times in debates — average among TDs.
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