• 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, Departmental Projects, Road Projects, Departmental Data, Dental Services

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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2025)

“I wanted to talk about school transport but I do not think it is under the Department of Transport; I think it is under the Department of education. Will the Department be before the committee at some stage? School transport is horrendous is every year. I would like that to be worked on for next year. Can we invite the Department of education in on school transport? It is an ongoing...”

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025)

“I welcome everybody here today. I would also like to express my anger in relation to the ten-year-old child that was neglected by the State and nobody knew where they were. Controls should be in place. I commend the Garda on the work it is doing at the moment. Would the witnesses say that it is fair to describe the findings in the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General in...”

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts (23 Oct 2025)

“I am delighted to hear that. Everything is in place now. Of the accommodation the Department secured at the time, only half was contracted. Everybody has a contract now, I presume, and everything is in place.”

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• Has spoken in 90 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") 29 times in debates.
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