• Social Democrats TD for Cork South-Central
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Health Services, Health Services Staff, Health Services Waiting Lists, Hospital Procedures, Home Care Packages

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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (17 Jul 2025)

“351. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 1 July 2025, if his Department intends to renew the current three-year funding arrangement for post offices which is set to end in December 2025, to detail his Department’s plans to support small and medium-sized post offices following the conclusion of this...”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jul 2025)

“367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 8 April 2025, to provide a full update on the Cork Events Centre project; the status of the appointments of individuals to the project management delivery team; the key next stages, and estimated timelines; and the exact amount of public funding, from all sources, spent on the...”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (17 Jul 2025)

“431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce amendments to modernise the Prohibition of Incitement to Racial Religious or National Hatred Act , 1989; the timeline he is working towards in bringing forward these amendments; if this will include provisions on hate speech to bring Ireland in line...”

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• Has spoken in 49 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 486 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") 35 times in debates.
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