• Independent Senator (University of Dublin)
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Email me whenever Lynn Ruane speaks (no more than once per day)

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Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

“I thank the Commissioner for the presentation. I have two subjects, and if I do not get to the second one, I will wait and come back in. One of them is more of a broad question around culture and how we move forward. Many other people look for more police on the street. I am constantly trying to think about how we have fewer police on the street and the need for fewer police on the...”

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• Has spoken in 39 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• 32 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Lynn Ruane speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 661 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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