• Independent Senator (University of Dublin)
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (26 Nov 2025)

“The Minister of State is very welcome. I raise an issue that has come past my desk a couple of times over the last few weeks. There seems to be an increased pressure on families, especially vulnerable families, some of them headed up by women, in relation to rent arrears. In one of two cases of rent arrears, one for €12,000 and another for €10,000, the person has been put out...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (26 Nov 2025)

“The letter was issued on council-headed paper.”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (26 Nov 2025)

“My hope is that it is an anomaly. My thoughts were that it is an automated system that does not pick up the differences, but it is from the law agent in the council. I do not have the other one in front of me that is from South Dublin County Council, where there was a similar situation. The person who was a child occupier was then banned from going on the housing list when they were in...”

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• Has spoken in 33 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 680 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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