• Sinn Fein TD for Louth
• 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, National Broadband Plan, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Broadband Infrastructure, Dental Services

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Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

“It is welcome that we are having this discussion. The problem is that we could probably all operate on the basis of 25 minutes each and deal with multiple issues we all have spinning in our constituencies of parents who have come to us in absolutely dreadful need of services, places in schools and all that is needed when they are dealing with their kids with disabilities. First, I need to...”

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

“-----good enough. There is an appeals process but I am very worried that we do not take into account complex needs and those with other additional resources-----”

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

“-----they are getting at the moment that might not fall into that bracket but could end up in a bracket on the basis of not getting supports. Like everyone else, I have received a huge amount of correspondence from parents and grandparents with kids with autism-----”

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• Has spoken in 280 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 186 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 608 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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