• Green Party Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Former Green Party TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
• Left the Dáil on 29 November 2024 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 30 January 2025 — General election
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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (19 Nov 2025)

“Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. We have all had the experience of bringing a family member to or attending an accident and emergency unit or hospital where administrative staff scramble to locate files and get files from GPs. There has been some discourse by the Minister, and it is most welcome, around setting up a system of digitised health records for...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (19 Nov 2025)

“I really do welcome that update. It is certainly encouraging to see such progress being made. As I said in my opening remarks, it is critically important for the long-term health and well-being of our society, particularly for babies born after this system is up and running. That they will have the opportunity to have their health records online throughout their lives and having that...”

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (19 Nov 2025)

“Like other Members, I fully support this Bill. It is a short amendment but a very important one. I will focus specifically on the animation sector because the vast majority of the Irish animation sector is based in my home town of Kilkenny. I look at the success of Cartoon Saloon, a company that started from very modest beginnings in The Maltings, an old malting house of Smithwick's...”

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• Has spoken in 82 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 69 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 20 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Malcolm Noonan speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 472 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 407 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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