• Sinn Fein TD for Galway West
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Public Procurement Contracts, Inland Fisheries, Departmental Contracts, Departmental Staff, Apprenticeship Programmes

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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2025)

“Níl aon leithscéal faighte againn. No apologies have been received. Is mian liom na riachtanais bhunreachtúla seo a leanas a mheabhrú do chomhaltaí. Agus páirt á glacadh acu i gcruinnithe poiblí, caithfidh comhaltaí a bheith i láthair go fisiciúil laistigh de theorannacha suímh Theach Laighean. Ní cheadóidh mé...”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2025)

“We might try to keep the discussion to this section of the Bill. I realise we are at the start of the Bill. Minister, do you want to come back in?”

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2025)

“Amendments Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.”

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• Has spoken in 131 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 476 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 422 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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