• Sinn Fein TD for Cork North-Central
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Housing Schemes, Special Educational Needs, Departmental Data, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025)

“What about Covid?”

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: From the Seanad (16 Jul 2025)

“The Minister made a comment earlier that this is the size of the apartments in Austria. Will people pay the same rents? The Minister might check that out for us because I can tell him they will not. If he is making a comparison he should make the whole comparison. My big worry is there is a major development going in Cork's docklands. We are looking at maybe 10,000 units. The Minister...”

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: From the Seanad (16 Jul 2025)

“When people look back at the decisions taken by the Minister and the Government on this legislation, academics and the people who end up living in these tiny apartments will ask what was going through their minds. Who made this decision? I will give an example of how governments get it wrong. I come from Knocknaheeny. When Knocknaheeny was built 50 years ago, perhaps because of the...”

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• Has spoken in 96 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 405 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 13–14 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") 406 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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