• Sinn Fein TD for Dublin Mid West
• Entered the Dáil on 29 November 2019 — Byelection
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Mental Health Services, Eating Disorders, Health Services, Health Services Staff, Schools Building Projects

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Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

“Many aspects of this Bill are welcome. However, following on from report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, it seems that the Government is determined to squander this opportunity. Poor pay and conditions in the Defence Forces are not a new phenomenon. I speak as the son of a former Defence Forces veteran. My father spent 25 years serving this country at home and abroad. I saw...”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 May 2024)

“266. To ask the Minister for Health to outline if the decisions to move residents from the willow and sycamore units of Cherry Orchard Hospital was on recommendation from HIQA or by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19946/24]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 May 2024)

“267. To ask the Minister for Health further to Questions on Promised Legislation on 25 April 2024, if the Minister with responsibility for older people will meet with the families of residents of willow and sycamore units of Cherry Orchard Hospital who have been moved or asked to move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19947/24]”

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• Has spoken in 88 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 543 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 211 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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