• Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 31 March 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Vaccination Programme, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Childcare Services, Brexit Issues

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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (5 Nov 2025)

“I am grateful to the Senator for raising this really important issue once again. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for education. As the Senator is aware, the State Examinations Commission has responsibility for the reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations, RACE, scheme. A central tenet of the RACE scheme is to ensure equitable treatment for all candidates....”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (5 Nov 2025)

“The point I would make is that more than one in four candidates at the 2025 certificate examinations were provided with some form of reasonable accommodation within the RACE scheme to support them in accessing the State examinations, underlining the importance of the scheme. In 2025, 36,000 candidates in 750 post-primary schools were accommodated in the scheme. I completely understand the...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Investigations (5 Nov 2025)

“Let us call a spade a spade. I am quite constrained in what I can answer here. The Senator will understand why. I will go through the detail now. The EPA is an independent public body established under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992. The purpose of the EPA is “to protect, improve and restore our environment through regulation, scientific knowledge and working with...”

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• Has spoken in 31 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 13 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 340 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 100 times in debates — below average among Senators.
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