• Green Party TD for Dublin West
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Legislative Reviews, Direct Provision System, Healthcare Policy, Rail Network Expansion

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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 Apr 2024)

“The Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) was introduced in July 2022 to recognise the generosity of people who have opened their homes to provide accommodation to Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. The ARP is paid at the rate of €800 per month per property with a unique Eircode (vacant or shared). The scheme is provided for under Part 2...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (24 Apr 2024)

“The Young Ireland: National Policy Framework for Children and Young People recognises the important role of youth work services in supporting young people to thrive and fully develop their potential. It acknowledges the important ongoing reform programme and further commits to the development of a new Youth Services Action Plan to provide a strategic direction for the delivery of youth...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (24 Apr 2024)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 159 together. My Department does not directly employ youth workers. Rather, funding is allocated on a 'provision of service' basis to meet the needs of the youth population in an area. The recruitment and employment of staff including youth workers is a matter for the youth organisations and services in receipt of funding.”

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• Has spoken in 74 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 586 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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