• Green Party TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
• Minister of State with special responsibility for Equality and Human Rights, and Integration, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (since 23 Mar 2010)
  Minister of State, Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (since 23 Mar 2010)
  Minister of State, Department of Education and Science (since 23 Mar 2010)
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Animal Diseases, Bovine Disease Controls, Community Development, Human Rights Issues

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Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

“I welcome this Bill. For us in the Green Party it is a legacy issue from a former Fianna Fáil Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Dick Roche, who tried to introduce the Bill some years ago. It is an extremely important measure to protect animals and to regulate an industry that contains sinister and shady elements. As a frequent hill walker in the...”

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

“The party has completed a three-point turn on the issue of stag hunting. It first indicated implicit support for the measure and a demand for it to be published, before deciding to vote against it because of a fear of unpopularity in rural Ireland, and then, finally, came the announcement that it would not repeal the ban in government. It went further last weekend when it signalled...”

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

“Let us look at the party’s record in the Seanad on this legislation. On the fundamental issue of the definition of a breeding bitch, the Labour Party voted with Fine Gael on the proposal to amend the definition to include animals over two years of age. Such an amendment would have been anathema to the objectives of the Bill, as the Labour Party knows, yet its Senators voted for such an...”

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• Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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