• 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: Poultry Sector (12 Nov 2025)

“Cuirim fáilte mhór roimh an Aire Stáit chuig an Teach seo ar maidin. I thank the Minister of State for his presence. Earlier this week, as he knows, a case of avian influenza was confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in Clontibret, County Monaghan. This case comes after two last week, one in County Meath and one in County Carlow. There was also one in Northern Ireland....”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Poultry Sector (12 Nov 2025)

“I thank the Minister of State for his response. I have a number of questions, the answers to which the Minister of State may not have but I would appreciate if he could get them for me as quickly as possible. Have the turkeys at the Clontibret site been culled yet? If not, when will that take place? What assurance can the Minister of State give regarding adequate and secure supply of CO2...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Screening Programmes (22 Oct 2025)

“Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach inniu. The newborn bloodspot screening, NBS, programme, commonly known as the heel prick test, is carried out on babies in their first 70-120 hours of life and currently screens for nine rare but serious conditions. Approximately 120 babies with these conditions are identified per year through this test. ...”

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• Has spoken in 35 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
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