• Fianna Fail Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Welfare Concerns and Compliance with Legislation: County and City Management Association (1 May 2024)

“I will read the note on privilege. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to a committee. This means they have a full defence in any defamation action for anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege and may be directed to cease giving...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Welfare Concerns and Compliance with Legislation: County and City Management Association (1 May 2024)

“Go raibh maith agat. I have a couple of questions and a bit of expansion on the opening statement. In the current circumstances under which the CCMA works, how does it find that it is answerable to the Department of housing and local government, yet when there is an issue with a horse or animal, it will invariably end up with the Department of agriculture? Council vets will probably be...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Welfare Concerns and Compliance with Legislation: County and City Management Association (1 May 2024)

“Regarding the prohibition of horses being ridden or jaunted or pulling carriages on roads, with exceptions, I presume Mr. Condon means that there would be the potential, if that change were to happen, for anybody concerned to apply for a licence. He mentioned Killarney. I know he is talking about the jaunting cars and the roads they use but there are loads of genuine examples. I am...”

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• Has spoken in 47 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") 185 times in debates — well below average among Senators.
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