• Sinn Fein Senator (Cultural & Educational Panel)
• Former Sinn Fein TD for Cavan-Monaghan
• Left the Dáil on 29 November 2024 — General election
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 30 January 2025 — General election
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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (20 Nov 2025)

“This matter relates to Cavan No. 1 National School on Farnham Street in Cavan. The school has an enrolment of 106 pupils - the number is increasing - and its ethos is Church of Ireland. It is an excellent school that has a very caring attitude. The school is in crisis, however, because a number of students who require special needs assistants, SNAs, do not have them. Two students have...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (20 Nov 2025)

“I am aware the Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, visited the school about six months ago. There is a specific issue now regarding the SNAs. The allocation has been appealed. Hopefully, the result of that appeal will go the way of the school. There is also the issue of the additional classroom. It makes sense in one way to prioritise larger schools because they will probably have a...”

Seanad: Migration: Motion (19 Nov 2025)

“This morning, I was contacted by a school in Kilnaleck, a small village in my locality in County Cavan. Four families have been living there for the past 18 months. All four families have applied for international protection. They have been living in apartments in that village. Their children attend the local school. The parents are on the parents association. They support the school in...”

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• Has spoken in 153 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 86 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 815 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 268 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 73 times in debates — average among Senators.
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