• Green Party TD for Dublin Rathdown
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Crime Data, Animal Welfare, National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation, Planning Issues, Appointments to State Boards

(based on written questions asked by Catherine Martin and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (2 May 2024)

“Tourism Ireland is funded through the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland. The level of exchequer funding allocated to Tourism Ireland in 2023 from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media amounted to €82,751,500. The amount allocated for 2024 is €74,826,000 . ...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (2 May 2024)

“The importance of the tourism sector to the Irish economy and communities in every corner of Ireland is well understood and it is recognised that the use of tourist accommodation to support the government’s response to the humanitarian crisis has impacted the sector. In Budget 2024, I secured a total funding of €216 million for the sector which will allow for continued...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (1 May 2024)

“All employees of this Department, as part of the the terms of their employment, are obliged to adhere to the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour. Part 2 of this Code, sections 5.1 to 5.4 - 'Civil Servants and Politics’ states that civil servants above clerical level cannot stand for local election. Civil servants in clerical grades and certain non-industrial civil servants...”

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• Has spoken in 29 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 369 times in debates — average among TDs.
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