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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Forestry Sector, Grant Payments, Health Services, Schools Building Projects, School Transport

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

“During the Covid pandemic, the health service came together and we used the private sector to very good effect. In this case, the big problem is with the assessments. We do not have enough child psychologists in the public sector. They are in the private sector and we should make a once-off effort to get them to combine and do whatever is necessary to reduce the backlog. There are young...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

“I also wish to raise with the Minister the issue of special needs. Raising a child with special needs is challenging and rewarding. It is demanding, yet fulfilling. For parents, it becomes a labour of love in almost every sense. They want what is best for their son or daughter. They want their child to have the best possible start in life. They plan for the years ahead when their...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 May 2024)

“313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue pertaining to this child’s ability to obtain an ASD primary school place for the 2024/2025 academic year; the steps being taken by her Department to address the issues highlighted; if she will confirm that this child will receive an ASD primary...”

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• Has spoken in 53 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 348 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 218 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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