• Sinn Fein TD for Meath East
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Energy Conservation, Public Transport, An Garda Síochána, Renewable Energy Generation, Departmental Data

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

“I raise the issue of Bord na Móna's plans to sell off its waste management business, as was reported recently. This risks further concentration of waste management services, which is potentially bad for workers and customers. It is further privatisation when the opposite should be happening. Is the Taoiseach aware of the plan and has he or the Government assessed it in terms of...”

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

“In today's Ireland, hundreds of thousands of ordinary workers and families face an impossible situation. They are confronted with a housing crisis of unprecedented proportion. Successive Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Governments have utterly failed on housing. Bad planning, mismanagement and downright dereliction have resulted in one of the worst shortages of social and affordable...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

“One of the issues that has been highlighted with regard to this process is the delay with the Department getting these submissions prepared and submitted. My sense is that there are capacity constraints. That is reflected in some of what we saw from the EPA this morning. What was the reason for the delay?”

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• Has spoken in 133 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 971 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 355 times in debates — average among TDs.
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