• Independent Senator (University of Dublin)
• Entered the Seanad on 30 March 2022 — Byelection
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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2025)

“I wish to make some comments in light of the budget. While I welcome the modest increase in spending on disability and caring supports, the Government still has not come to grips with the fundamental human rights-based approach to disability that is necessary. The question of political judgment has been bandied about in the past number of days. I argue that political judgment on disability...”

Seanad: Supports and Services for Patients with Head and Neck Cancers: Motion (8 Oct 2025)

“I welcome everybody from the Dublin Dental University Hospital to the Chamber, in particular Rebecca. It was lovely to meet her. I am working with her dad who has taught me everything I know, or at least some of the things I know. I am delighted to hear the Government is not going to oppose the motion. Frankly, it is something that one could not oppose. It is a categoric and ethical...”

Seanad: Supports and Services for Patients with Head and Neck Cancers: Motion (8 Oct 2025)

“Hear, hear.”

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• Has spoken in 51 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 181 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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