• Labour TD for Dublin Bay North
• Former Labour Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 8 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Special Educational Needs, State Examinations, Schools Building Projects, Covid-19 Pandemic, School Staff

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Community Development Projects (14 Jul 2022)

“I have raised this issue on a number of occasions. I have been campaigning on this issue for a number of years, as have the local Labour Party and our local area representative Shane Folan. This impacts some on my colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, as well, because the issue borders his constituency too. I am referencing the Dublin 13 and Dublin 17 area, where the Minister of State will be...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Community Development Projects (14 Jul 2022)

“I am reassured by the response from the Minister. I do sometimes get a little disappointed with the political reaction as if there is no influence that the Minister can have in this regard. We know that the soft power of a Minister can be quite strong. The Minister needs to be an advocate and a persuader for this. Her office and her Department needs to be fully engaged on the progress of...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (14 Jul 2022)

“601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that the current agreed process of issuing a service requirement to each of the existing funded organisations will be maintained as preparations for cycle 2 of the new youth sector funding scheme are underway; if his Department has no intention of moving towards a competitive tendering...”

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• Has spoken in 107 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 42 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 255 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 334 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 286 times in debates — average among Senators.
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