• Fianna Fail TD for Wicklow
• Changed party from Independent on 2 Feb 2017; from Social Democrats on 5 Nov 2016; from Independent on 14 Jul 2015
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Waiting Lists Data, Brexit Issues, Hospitals Data, HSE Waiting Lists, Hospital Beds Data

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Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

“This is a significant and memorable day. This legislation delivers on an important programme for Government promise, namely to establish safe access zones for women and service providers right across the country. Safe access zones will now become a reality in our country. Once this Bill is signed into law by the President, it will protect service users and providers. It will allow women...”

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

“We have spoken to the amendments concerned with protests outside the Oireachtas, a situation which is protected very clearly within the Bill. There is a dark irony to an argument around allowing people freedoms being made from the perspective of a tradition that has deprived people, including women and gay men and women, of freedoms in our country and did so successfully for a very long...”

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

“I thank the Acting Chair. I think we can all see on the record of the House exactly what was being proposed. Anyway, the first time I was compared to or linked in some way to Nazism and fascism was when I was rolling out the Covid vaccines. This is the second time now, when we are just trying to ensure that women can get access to health services without being intimidated. I also wish...”

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• Has spoken in 66 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1141 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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