• Green Party TD for Waterford
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Staff, Covid-19 Pandemic, Special Educational Needs, Sustainable Development Goals, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parental Leave (30 Apr 2024)

“I am also asking this question on behalf of Deputy Leddin. There has been huge progress in the amount of family leave that is available and things like work-life balance, in particular working from home. I think of the difference between when I had my first young fella versus my third. I had three days leave for the first. By the time it rolled around to the third fella, it was two weeks'...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parental Leave (30 Apr 2024)

“There is a lot there that I welcome, but what the Minister has said on deferred leave is important. The Irish Cancer Society has been in touch with me and several other Members of the House to get that point across. That is something we would certainly like to see. The domestic violence leave is a superb piece of work and I congratulate the Minister on it. Neither the Minister not I are...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parental Leave (30 Apr 2024)

“I would not underestimate the cultural handbrake that is also there. There is definitely a societal pressure, in particular on men, to get that fit of child rearing done and get back to work. That is the thinking on it. I do not subscribe to that view. I think that time you put into your child at home is incredibly valuable and, to speak to our earlier question, gives that best start and...”

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• Has spoken in 168 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 188 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 263 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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