• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin Bay South
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): An Garda Síochána, Covid-19 Pandemic, Garda Data, Departmental Staff Data, Ukraine War

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Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee (2 Jul 2025)

“I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration pursuant to Standing Orders 103(2)(b) and 188(1).”

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

“I move amendment No. 35: In page 20, line 7, after “remuneration,” to insert “whether such remuneration is provided directly by a recipient of services or indirectly through advertising or other means,”.”

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

“I move amendment No. 36: In page 20, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “ ‘recipient of the service’, in relation to an intermediary service, means any natural or legal person who uses an intermediary service, in particular for the purposes of seeking information or making it accessible;”.”

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• Has spoken in 44 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 467 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• 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") 520 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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