• Independent TD for Galway West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): International Protection, Middle East, Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries, Covid-19 Pandemic, Direct Provision System

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Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

“Can I get the clock stopped for a minute to clarify something? I assumed we were letting Deputy Tóibín have his slot ahead of us and that we were sharing our own slot, which was six minutes each.”

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

“I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. It is brief and to the point. I have no problem with implementing the recommendations of the Fifth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, which was quite some time ago now, for all Irish citizens on the island of Ireland. I have no difficulty with that. To follow on from my colleague, Deputy Stanley, it is not in the programme for...”

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

“Here we go again about nursing homes. A scandal has given us cause to talk about nursing homes. All the details of that scandal have been outlined. I am not going to outline them again. It is bewildering that HIQA had a report on one of the homes, Beneavin, in November, and it was substantially compliant. That in itself is frightening. I looked to remember, because my memory is faulty,...”

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• Has spoken in 278 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 466 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 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") 1738 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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