• 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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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2025)

“Good morning to everyone. I thank the witnesses for being here and for their presentations. We have heard some of the issues they have identified from other people who have been before the committee, such as the costs associated with apprenticeships, the cost of buying equipment, transport, the low wages and the travelling to off-the-job training. The suggestion of a co-ordination manager...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2025)

“That is good. It works well and it is not complicated.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2025)

“Ms Kelly referred to the Department-led evaluation of the Traveller apprenticeship incentivisation programme. I presume that is primarily being led by the Irish Traveller Movement and that its feedback is instrumental in that. Is Ms Kelly hopeful? The Department says the evaluation will be published by the end of the year. I am hoping that is on track. What improvements would Ms Kelly...”

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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.
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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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