• Independent Senator (National University of Ireland)
• Former Progressive Democrats TD for Dublin South East
• Left the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2024)

“I share with the Cathaoirleach a devotion to Marty Whelan and the other great presenters on Lyric FM. On one occasion, he recounted a story about a three-legged dog going into a saloon in America. The bartender said, "What are you doing here? We don't serve dogs". The dog replied, "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw". That always stuck with me. On a serious note, the Joint...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

“I welcome our speakers today. There are a number of points I want to throw out there. Are there any of the regulations that anybody who is critical of the entire package actually favours? The Houses of the Oireachtas are being given a job lot: adopt the whole thing or nothing. I do not know about the legality and the constitutionality of this since they are all separate options. Are any...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

“The EU resolution is for us to opt in for the whole lot. I do not know whether that is lawful constitutionally because each measure has to be separately voted on, but that is another issue. I am just wondering is there anything where the NGOs could say, for example, that the Eurodac regulation has no particular problems, or whatever.”

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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1447 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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