• Independent Senator (University of Dublin)
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Chair. I apologise for having to leave. The justice committee is meeting now to consider the EU migration pact, so it is quite an important discussion. We have to kind of flip between the two rooms, so I do apologise. There are a few things I wish to raise. Obviously, there is the stuff that is in the report but I am wondering about the survey process. I think there were...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

“I will look at minors specifically in a few cases. When we think of negatives and what we opt into, there are some concerns that relate to minors. The first point relates to the last point Deputy Daly made about Eurodac and security risks. Perhaps the Minister could give the committee an idea of the criteria that meet a security risk, such as particular offences. Of all the border...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

“So if a child is picked up under the other security risk category, which the Minister says is more of a protection than seeking to turn a child away, what would happen detention-wise to those children who are flagged as a security risk? How would the care conditions for them be met?”

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• Has spoken in 46 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 601 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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