• Sinn Fein TD for Louth
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Special Educational Needs, Covid-19 Pandemic, National Broadband Plan, Defence Forces, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

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International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

“-----and stand up against the absolutely brutal violence such as we saw in Drogheda.”

International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

“What we saw in the attack on the IPAS accommodation in Georges Street in Drogheda was nothing short of attempted murder. We saw somebody put flammable liquid on the stairs and five people had to be rescued - one adult and four children, one of them a very young infant. Somebody was willing to go in around 8.15 p.m. on Hallowe'en, break through the door and burn what could have been 28...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (5 Nov 2025)

“7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the incorrectly spelled new sign outside his Department came to be put in place; the total cost of the sign; the estimated cost for the removal and a replacement sign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60171/25]”

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• Has spoken in 220 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 537 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 858 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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