• Independent Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 10 October 2014 — Byelection
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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

“I would like to complement Senator Kyne on what he has just said. He is a typical rural politician, he understands what is going on in his local area and as a fellow Galwegian, I congratulate him for bringing that forward. We need to support local industry. Speaking of supports, there is an issue I often discuss in this House, which some Members think is purely political but it is not. It...”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

“And George Best.”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2020)

“Yesterday evening on the six o'clock news we heard a report from a secondary school in Carlow. The people behind the story need to be given an opportunity to explain themselves. I was absolutely horrified as a former teacher to think anybody would go into a room of young women and talk to them about their dress and sexualise them on the basis of their dress. The principal of the school...”

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• Has spoken in 62 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• 23 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Gerard Craughwell speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 645 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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