• Former Green Party TD for Limerick City
• Left the Dáil on 29 November 2024 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

“Deputy Ó Broin is correct in guessing where I am going to go with this. I want to have a talk about balanced regional development. Before that, I echo Senator Cummins's thanks to the Cathaoirleach for his work as Chair of this committee. I am not a member of this committee but, as Chair, he has been very welcoming to non-members like me who take an interest in matters like the one we...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

“I thank Mr. Hussey for that. I would certainly be concerned that we are at the end of the road with the draft. It is regarding how we achieve true balanced regional development. That is a term, like sustainability, whose meaning has been diluted over the years to the point that it does not really mean so much anymore. We do not talk about it in the kind of detail we should. I strongly...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

“From 2018, when the original NPF was published, we saw lower densities being stitched into city and county development plans outside of Dublin than we saw in Dublin. We saw far less ambition for the kind of infrastructure investment that would lead to the right kind of density to support the right kind of sustainable growth. It is a real concern for me that the current draft of the NPF...”

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• Has spoken in 66 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 93 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 147 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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