• Green Party TD for Dublin West
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Direct Provision System, Legislative Reviews, Healthcare Policy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (30 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Deputy. She has raised the issue of the need for additional support for Ballaghaderreen. We are dealing with a small but important issue in terms of access to a leisure facility service. I communicated with the Deputy on that earlier today. Where there is high pressure on health services, we look to see whether measures can be put in place that will divert some of the...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

“The Deputy is incorrect in saying so many childcare providers are leaving the system. We saw an increase in the overall provision of childcare providers last year and we saw the lowest number of them leaving the system than in the previous five years. Second, the number of children who benefit from the NCS has doubled during my term of office. That does not suggest that parents are unhappy...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

“I absolutely agree we are not spending enough on early years but there is a reason for that. That is because the State only started to invest in childcare in 2008-2009 when the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme was first set up. Prior to that, the State stepped away entirely from the early years sector. When the Deputy compares us with Iceland and Sweden, she is comparing us...”

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• Has spoken in 73 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 586 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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