• Labour TD for Dublin Central
• Former Labour Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 30 March 2020 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): General Practitioner Services, Health Services, Departmental Data, Health Service Executive, Nursing Homes

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Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State and the officials for attending. There are also officials from the HSE and the steering and reference group present. We might have an engagement with them at another time, but my questions will very much be for the Minister of State. At the outset, I welcome the sentiment to the effect that the Department wants to collaborate with our committee. I have very...”

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

“I am very frustrated and disappointed that the oversight group has been suspended and that the three national networks of UISCE, Family Addiction Recovery Ireland and CityWide are being excluded. I heard what the Minister of State said. I very much share that view. We do not want to play politics with these issues. They are far too important, and people's lives are at stake. There is an...”

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

“To be clear about how we define what a comprehensive health-led approach is, when I read the citizens' assembly report, it talks about diversion, dissuasion and decriminalisation. Can I take it that when the Minister of State defines a health-led approach, it is just health diversion?”

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• Has spoken in 90 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 67 times in debates.
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