• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin South Central
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Assisted Decision-Making, Special Educational Needs, Departmental Data, Schools Building Projects, Bus Services

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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Sep 2025)

“I join my colleagues in expressing sympathy to the family of Patrick Gerard Murphy, who was a friend to a lot of us. Today, I raise the issue of mild general learning disability schools. Department of Education and Youth officials have a widespread misunderstanding of exactly what they do and they are now being forced to redesignate. There are 29 mild schools in the country, 14 of which...”

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Sep 2025)

“13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [46847/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

“1407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families and the the number of children that received the newborn baby grant, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46769/25]”

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• Has spoken in 34 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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• Has received answers to 81 written questions since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 8 times in debates.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 285 times in debates.
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