• Independent TD for Galway West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): International Protection, Middle East, Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries, Covid-19 Pandemic, Direct Provision System

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Fisheries: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

“I reiterate what the previous speaker said about copies of the Minister of State's speech. It is very handy to have a copy of the speech and I looked for it. It is slipping in gradually with various Ministers whereby we do not get the speech. It is very useful to have it. I want to use my time, as I have done repeatedly since 2018, to discuss this matter and I want to focus on sprats....”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State. He clearly and honestly acknowledged that this has been going on for some time. Even if we take 2018 as the start, when it was redesigned, we are in the eighth year now in which this school has been in dire need of a new school. I know it is at stage 2(b) and the Minister of State has confirmed the submission was given to the Department in March of this year....”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2025)

“I appreciate that hands-on approach and that the Minister of State is going to come back. However, he can imagine the frustration over such a length of time. The Minister of State said that this takes some time to review. What time roughly? Are we talking six months, three months, nine months? How many are in that? What is the difficulty? What is the delay? Maybe if he cannot come...”

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• Has spoken in 290 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 483 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 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") 1733 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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