• Sinn Fein Senator (Administrative Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 30 January 2025 — General election
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Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jun 2025)

“I join colleagues in what they said about Senator Boyhan's contribution. I thank him for giving it. You can never beat lived experience. I am here to speak in support of those whose lives have been shaped and often devastated by Ireland's legacy of institutional abuse. I do so not from a place of abstract policy but grounded in the lived reality of someone in the constituency in which I...”

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State for attending. We have mentioned that words matter. We would like to support Senator Flynn and the Civil Engagement Group on the Bill. It is timely and very much needed. This is more about semantics and the truth. It is calling out these crimes for exactly what they are. It is centring the experience around the victim and not framing it for the perpetrator....”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

“I thank the witnesses for coming in today and for sharing such comprehensive opening statements. My first question is to An Garda Síochána. The new Bill centres on individuals being - again, we come back to the words - an immediate risk. Has An Garda Síochána seen situations where that narrow threshold has limited its ability to give care or early intervention safely?...”

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