• Independent TD for Waterford
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Services, Technological Universities, Hospital Staff, Forestry Sector, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

“How will the Government control ISPs that are outside the EU?”

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

“I note the Minister of State's frustration and I acknowledge that the Bill is on Report Stage, but I think he has conflated some of the issues and it is only right that he should reflect on them and maybe look to change them. A serious problem has been highlighted to him. As for problem gambling, as others and I have spoken about, fundraising for clubs is not where that is occurring. That...”

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

“We are into the realm of unintended consequences here, as other speakers have pointed out. In my own GAA club in Waterford we held a fundraiser last year. Tickets were €100 and the prize was a house in Dungarvan. The draw raised €600,000 and that money is going exclusively into underage sports development. I can guarantee that the people who were buying the €100...”

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• Has spoken in 117 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 206 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 281 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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