• Sinn Fein TD for Cavan-Monaghan
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tourism Industry, Electricity Grid, Official Engagements, Special Educational Needs, Middle East

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Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

“Last night Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael voted against permanently banning water charges. If the Government does not have an intention of introducing water charges, why does it feel the need to cling on to the power to do so? Why does it continue to hold the power to do so within its grasp? Irish households pay for water charges through general taxation. The amount of water used is...”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tourism Policy (9 Apr 2025)

“10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his proposals to support Irish tourism through the work of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/25]”

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

“Fine Gael has a problem with retirement, older workers and how it treats those who want to retire in general. On the one hand, it contested the 2020 election on the basis of increasing the State pension age to 67 by 2021 and to 68 by 2028. As recently as three years ago, the former Minister, Heather Humphreys, described the current pension age of 66 as non-sustainable. On the other hand,...”

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• Has spoken in 23 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 7 times in debates.
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