• Sinn Fein Senator (Administrative Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 30 January 2025 — General election
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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (13 Nov 2025)

“The Reach fund was established with a clear purpose to assist ETBs and community education providers in supporting educationally disadvantaged learners, particularly those at NFQ levels 1 to 3, and to help to bridge the digital divide that many rural learners face. It was designed to tackle inequality, promote access and give everyone, regardless of their background, the chance to learn,...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (13 Nov 2025)

“I am not asking for the Minister to get involved in the day-to-day decisions. In my constituency, Ballyhoura Development CLG, touches only as far as Charleville. IRD Duhallow will touch the rest. What I am talking about are the small FET centres that are not getting this kind of funding and have to cut their services in rural parts, not the huge ones. They cannot compete with the huge...”

Seanad: Farmer Mental Health and Farm Safety: Statements (12 Nov 2025)

“I thank both Ministers of State for being here. They are most welcome. It is great to hear that suicide rates have started to come down, but not all suicides are recorded as suicides. Some are recorded as misadventure. We can only go on the statistics that we have, but sometimes that does not reflect the truth of what people are encountering on the ground. For every statistic, there is a...”

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• Has spoken in 77 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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