• Fianna Fail Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2018)

“Today I raise again the escalating problem of recruitment and retention of staff in schools. I have met many principals in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12 recently and the common theme I hear is that unless this issue is tackled head-on many schools will have to close. They have particular difficulty obtaining language and home economics teachers. I have heard anecdotally teachers in training are...”

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

“I would like to raise two issues, both of which relate to education. The first relates to DEIS status allocation and the second relates to home school liaison teachers. We learned from the Department of Education and Skills that the process for DEIS identification uses data from the DEIS primary online database, the post-primary online databases and the CSO data, when measuring disadvantage...”

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

“The hidden homeless, in particular.”

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• Has spoken in 83 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") 108 times in debates — average among Senators.
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