• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin South West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Waiting Lists, Health Services, Covid-19 Pandemic, Schools Building Projects, Departmental Staff Data

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Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

“I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I would like to reinforce what my colleague Deputy Brabazon said. A number of backbench TDs were actually chatting about this recently. In the old days, there were six houses connected to a sewerage pipe and in the modern context, there might be up to ten. As the Deputy said, very often it is at the last house on that connection...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Apr 2025)

“The weather outside is absolutely stunning, which can mean only one thing: leaving certificate students are knee-deep in preparation for mock exams and the leaving certificate season. I send my best wishes to them. This morning, I wish to ask about leaving certificate grade inflation, a subject on which I know the Minister has received a lot of correspondence. Apparently, 25% of those...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Apr 2025)

“That is from previous years.”

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• Has spoken in 38 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 213 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 296 times in debates — average among TDs.
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