• Fianna Fail Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 30 January 2025 — General election
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Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Dec 2025)

“I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2025. Fianna Fáil will be supporting this legislation. As with the Finance Bill or the Social Welfare Bill, this measure arrives annually to update the framework that sustains risk equalisation and preserves community rating in our health insurance market. Community rating is a core principle of our system....”

Committee on Drugs Use: Substance Use and Young People: Discussion (27 Nov 2025)

“I thank the witnesses for their contributions and the work they do. There are many great organisations in Tallaght, where I am from, that provide unbelievable support to our youth. There should be an education campaign about weed. Everywhere you go, all the kids just think it is nothing, that it is not causing damage and it is nearly a safe drug. It is not getting the proper attention....”

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• Has spoken in 51 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 42 times in debates.
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