• Independent TD for Galway East
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Agriculture Schemes, Abortion Services, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Departmental Schemes

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All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

“I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Deputies. I welcome the opportunity to address the House this afternoon to update Members on the all-island strategic rail review. Rail represents a particularly enduring form of infrastructure. Rail lines built in the 1800s are still carrying passengers today. The decisions and investments we make for rail in this decade will similarly benefit the...”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (2 Jul 2025)

“The Irish Government’s road safety strategy 2021 to 2030 ‘Our Journey Towards Vision Zero’, includes the primary aim of reducing the number of deaths and serious injuries on our roads in half by 2030 and to achieve ‘Vision Zero’, zero deaths or serious injuries, by 2050. To help achieve this aim the strategy included an action for a working group to be...”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (2 Jul 2025)

“The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme was launched in March 2021 with the aim of supporting walking, scooting, and cycling to primary and post-primary schools, and creating safer walking and cycling routes within communities, through the provision of infrastructure interventions including, in some cases, School Zones. These projects should help alleviate congestion at school gates...”

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• Has spoken in 52 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 122 written questions 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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