• Solidarity TD for Dublin West
• Entered the Dáil on 23 May 2014 — Byelection
• Email me whenever Ruth Coppinger speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff Data, Departmental Staff Remuneration, Departmental Expenditure, School Patronage, Foreign Conflicts

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Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

“We should mark that this time ten years ago, we were in the thick of the battle against water charges. Let us put it on record - it was the most successful anti-austerity campaign at the time when all the austerity was heaped on working, working-class and poor people. This week and this month the Minister swore blind that the Government has no intention of reintroducing water charges. The...”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

“The Taoiseach made that comment when speaking at a data centre-linked company called Hanley Energy. There are two issues. Most of AI is utterly useless in terms of the impact for humanity, in comparison with actually dealing with climate change issues. There is no question most AI is not necessary. There is no effort by any of the companies to get people to reduce their online storage,...”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

“In comparison with reaching climate change targets.”

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• Has spoken in 44 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 77 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 21 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Ruth Coppinger speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 570 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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