• Fianna Fail TD for Wicklow-Wexford
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Cultural and Educational Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 29 November 2019 — Byelection
• Entered the Seanad on 30 March 2020 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Cybersecurity Policy, Artificial Intelligence, Energy Usage, Departmental Data, Foreign Policy

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Funding (19 Jun 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State for his response. I totally get that there are differences between schools. Even within the primary school sector, I made the point that an old school that is very difficult to heat is totally different to a new modern build school. However, a lot of the costs will be the same. There is obviously a question about the overall quantum and there is certainly a...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Funding (19 Jun 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State for taking this on behalf of the Minister for Education and Youth. Listening to him respond to the last matter, I understand his passion for primary schools, which we all share. Primary schools are at the hub of all our communities and we often marvel at the work done by principals in primary schools who not only are they leading in the education of the...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Refurbishment (17 Jun 2025)

“I welcome that the Minister of State indicated the stage 2b process is in its final stages. However, he knows as well as I do that the critical next step is moving to a tender so that a contractor will be appointed. With the best will in the world, even if the Minister of State announced tonight that stage 2b was complete and it was moving to tender, we would still probably be looking at...”

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• Has spoken in 51 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 105 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 301 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 37 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 494 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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