• Sinn Fein TD for Waterford
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 27 April 2011 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 February 2016 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Health Services Staff, Hospital Services, Hospital Staff, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2025)

“We have now been here debating Children's Health Ireland, children's healthcare and, in particular, the children's hospitals for five hours. That says it all about the failures we have seen in children's healthcare at those hospitals. The Minister is right when she says that the report into hip dysplasia has not been published. She is waiting for the full report to be published, but a...”

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2025)

“I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes with alarm the results of a clinical audit conducted on children's hip surgeries performed on children under the care of Children's Health Ireland (CHI), which: — audited 147 cases across 14 surgeons across 3 institutions for the period 2021 to 2023, namely CHI at Temple Street, CHI at Crumlin, and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh;...”

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

“There are many exceptional individuals working tirelessly in CHI to deliver the best care that they can for our children. I have met many of them; I meet them all the time. I applaud and salute them because I know that they are as frustrated as Sinn Féin and I are with the failings of CHI as an organisation. Unfortunately, there are very serious problems at CHI, which make it...”

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• Has spoken in 77 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 108 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 497 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 6 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 642 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1048 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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