• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin South Central
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Assisted Decision-Making, Special Educational Needs, Departmental Data, General Practitioner Services, Schools Building Projects

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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

“I thank everyone for coming in today. I will look at the 2023 NTPF funding. A lot of people watching the meeting from home will be trying to figure out what insourcing and outsourcing is. I ask the witnesses to break down how much of the 2023 funding was for insourcing and how much was for outsourcing.”

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: National Treatment Purchase Fund
Financial Statements 2023: Beaumont Hospital Board (9 Oct 2025)

“No, I was asking about Beaumont. It was stated that in 2023 Beaumont received €11.4 million from the NTPF. What percentage of that was insourcing and what percentage was outsourcing?”

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• Has spoken in 40 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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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 9 times in debates.
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