• Fianna Fail Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages Funding (16 May 2019)

“Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Ar dtús a Aire Stáit, ba mhaith liom fáilte mhór a chur romhat go dtí an Teach seo inniu. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I would like to discuss the crisis in home care and home help in the HSE sector. Elderly people are suffering without home care because the HSE has frozen the provision of home care packages....”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages Funding (16 May 2019)

“I thank the Minister of State for her response and I appreciate that this is not her area. I am disappointed with the content of the response, however. There is clearly little comfort here for the more than 300 people waiting on home care packages in Monaghan and Cavan, and there is little comfort for their families as well. People are saying to me that we can spend billions building...”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019)

“Recent figures released by the Department of Health show that the number of persons awaiting a child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, appointment stood at 2,738 at the end of March 2019. That figure represents an increase of 6% on the previous month. More worrying is the fact that the number who have been waiting more than a year for an appointment has jumped to 336. That...”

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• Has spoken in 93 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
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