• Fianna Fail Senator (Cultural and Educational Panel)
• Former Fianna Fail TD for Wexford
• Left the Dáil on 8 February 2020 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 29 November 2019 — Byelection
• Entered the Seanad on 30 March 2020 — General election
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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

“Fáiltím roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank the Minister of State very much for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister. I raise the case of Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhóir in Arklow in County Wicklow. The school has 279 students. It was established in 1998. It operates now, for the most part, out of a series of prefabs dotted around a soccer pitch. We have a school here...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

“I thank the Minister of State very much. I do not doubt the investment in schools right across the country. However, I am aware of many other school projects which started after that relating to the Gaelscoil in question. Planning permission was obtained and the sanction was granted for the development of this project, but it has been leapfrogged by projects relating to other schools. The...”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

“The Order of Business is No. 1, Employment Permits Bill 2022 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 3.15 p.m. and to adjourn at 5 p.m. if not previously concluded; and No. 2, Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 – Second Stage, to be taken at 5 p.m. and to conclude at 7 p.m. if not previously concluded, with the time allocated to the opening remarks of the...”

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• Has spoken in 8 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 101 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 6 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 457 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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