• Green Party Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 15 December 2009 — Byelection
• Email me whenever Niall Ó Brolcháin speaks (no more than once per day)

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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

“I do not believe people, either in urban or rural areas, have a right to pump cryptosporidium into the water source. I do not believe they have a right to pollute other people’s drinking water. I do not believe they have a right to expect services at a cost up to €1 million to be put in place for a house they decide they want to build in a place where a house has never been built...”

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

“I am providing a counterpoint to some of the points made about people having a right to do what they like.”

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

“Laissez-faire planning is not something in which I believe. That is the point I am articulating. A Senator made an interesting remark to me today about these amendments. In recent years in County Monaghan supposedly democratic groups of councillors zoned sufficient land to have a city the size of Dublin built in parts of the county. I find that outrageous. The Minister also considered it...”

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• Has spoken in 95 debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• 11 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Niall Ó Brolcháin speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 73 times in debates — well below average among Senators. (Why is this here?)