• Independent Senator (National University of Ireland)
• Former Progressive Democrats TD for Dublin South East
• Left the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

“I welcome the Minister here today. This is a timely debate. I congratulate the Minister also on his script because with the exception of the development at the National Sports Campus there is not a single time or date commitment mentioned anywhere. This worries me as a general proposition because it is easy to talk about things it is intended to do between now and 2040, but when will these...”

Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

“Who objected to the hotel?”

Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

“I should have said that no proper cost-benefit analysis had been done.”

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• Has spoken in 69 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 721 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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