• 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: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

“I commiserate with Senator Terry Leyden on the fact that he was confused with a British MP by Guy Verhofstadt.That was a tragic accident and the sympathy of every member of this House goes out to the Senator on that account. How Mr. Verhofstadt could make such a mistake, I do not know. I wish to return to a point Senator Ó Donnghaile made earlier regarding a specific debate. Am I not...”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

“The Leader probably is in a deaf spot today. The sound must be bad.”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

“I will not go back over what Senator Leyden had to say.”

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• Has spoken in 104 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1043 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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