• Sinn Fein TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Childcare Services, Early Childhood Care and Education, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Departmental Funding, Child and Family Agency

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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

“When the Minister of State says that it is a 58% staff vacancy rate, is she saying that the recruitment drive she is talking about is that to fill that 58%? Is she saying that there is a 58% shortage of staff, and is the recruitment drive she is talking about - which was at the end of January and is now in the final stages - to fill that? Okay. Perfect. As we know, there is a major...”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Chair. I promise I will not go over time in this minute. When the KOSI mechanism was raised with us, there were some people who were not fully aware of exactly what that process is. Basically, KOSI is the middleman, for want of a better word. That is good to know. I know the Minister of State touched on the disability services grant in the first part of the answer. Did she...”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

“Do we have a timeframe? I know the Minister of State said she was talking to Mr. Bernard O'Regan but there is no timeframe for that yet, or is there?”

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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 323 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") 324 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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