• Fianna Fail Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2023)

“All of us in the Seanad and the Dáil have had much communication from people and proponents against the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022. Some are well-meaning and others are not but for many people, there is a huge feeling that we need to properly debate this Bill. The House should be used as a forum to deliver legislation on racism and...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Hybrid Threats and Threats to the National Infrastructure: Institute of International and European Affairs (9 May 2023)

“I thank the witnesses for their two interesting presentations. Recently, as a committee, the Chairman, myself and Deputy Brady visited Stockholm to attend the EU Defence Conference and it was notable that Ireland does not spend as much on defence and we are very much non-contentious when it comes to our European counterparts. Europe has adopted a more offensive stance whereas Ireland is a...”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

“I also want to mention the auto-enrolment scheme. When the Deputy Leader was Minister for Social Protection it was something she was working on. Ultimately 750,000 are possibly holding off getting a private pension because they are waiting on the auto-enrolment scheme. It is great to see the Oireachtas committee working on it but we have been waiting on it a long time. I hope that finally...”

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• Has spoken in 31 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 260 times in debates — average among Senators.
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