• Independent Senator (National University of Ireland)
• Former Progressive Democrats TD for Dublin South East
• Left the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2025)

“I raise the important matter brought to public attention by Deputy Allan Kelly at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration yesterday. As court proceedings are still in train in respect of some aspects of the matters raised, I have to be careful in what I say and I will be. However, it appears that three persons, described by the court as "young and naive", were...”

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

“I welcome the Commissioner and his colleagues. I thank him for his service to the State since 2018. It is very much appreciated by those who have experience of these matters for a long time. I compliment him on his dedication to law enforcement north and south of the Border for so long. We live in a strange world when in 2007, the same year the people of Dublin South-East dispensed with...”

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

“I have no problem with the idea.”

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• Has spoken in 46 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1520 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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