• Independent TD for Dublin Bay North
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff, Disability Services, Health Services Staff, Special Educational Needs, An Garda Síochána

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Fisheries: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

“Táim buíoch don Aire Stáit as a thuras chuig Bhaile Átha Cliath thuaidh. It was great to see him with the local fishermen and the people who are engaged with local businesses i mBinn Éadair. It is very important to have been at that table to talk to the local fishermen. He witnessed how greatly the local economy is based on fishing. Howth is a huge tourist...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 Oct 2025)

“Tá sé deas é sin a chloisteáil ach, lena bheith ionraic. We have to really look at what the NCSE says it is doing. It says that it wishes to expand provision to schools that do not yet have special classes. I commend Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, for engaging with me on this matter. I know he has a huge body of work but the fact is he is getting through it and...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 Oct 2025)

“Today, my constituency colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, and I are speaking on behalf of a school that we both visited with the Minister earlier in the year. I hope the staff and children who are watching this debate in the school today are having a lovely morning. At present, Stapolin Educate Together National School has two autism classes and one developmental language disorder, DLD,...”

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• Has spoken in 84 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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