• Sinn Fein TD for Kildare South
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Special Educational Needs, School Admissions, Departmental Data, Health Services Staff, School Accommodation

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

“114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to provide for specialised support for students with speech and sound disorders of a known origin, given that these children are currently excluded from enrolling in DLD/SSD special classes, and that no alternative supports are available to them, despite their needs being no less significant than those of children currently...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

“142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, before issuing 0039/2025, she has considered the unique and complex situation of the cohort of students that currently benefit from the specialised education provided at MGLD special schools across the country; if her Department is aware of the potential negative impacts of a forced redesignation on these students, as expressed by parents,...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jul 2025)

“295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to deliver pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers to remedy the current situation of unfair situation under which different rights are extended to different types of employees with the same employer; if he will engage with the trade unions on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40219/25]”

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• Has spoken in 35 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.
• Has received answers to 169 written questions 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") 15 times in debates.
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