• Social Democrats TD for Dublin Central
• 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, State Examinations, Special Educational Needs, School Staff, Immigration Policy

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Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (6 Nov 2025)

“I thank the Minister for bringing forward the Bill. It is a technical one that tidies up provisions across our courts and civil law system, and we will, of course, be supporting it. However, I want to use the opportunity, when we have a Bill that is to do with the appointment of more judges, to talk not about the structures of the courts but about the culture that exists within them,...”

International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

“I consistently hear the Minister of State talking absolute drivel and I do not interrupt him. So, who are we actually taking out of sectors? Is it students? Regardless of who is taken out, that will prove another area where this Government has failed. Removing students would actually destroy the education sector. Does it want to take people out of the healthcare system? Where is it?...”

International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

“I completely welcome the debate. I am conscious it could be happening in a very different context, given how fortunate we were that the horrors we saw too viscerally in Drogheda last week did not materialise in an outcome that would have been most devastating with a loss of life. It was a scenario, however, where a person with hatred in their soul placed petrol on stairs. You cannot...”

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• Has spoken in 119 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 400 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 455 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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