• 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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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Special Educational Needs, Schools Building Projects, State Examinations, School Staff, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

“I thank People Before Profit for tabling this motion, which affords us all an opportunity to speak again on what we are witnessing. Edmund Burke was a Dubliner. He spent time in Westminster as an MP and he is reported to have said that the only way evil can prosper is for good men to do nothing. It is evil we are witnessing day after day and not only are good men and women not doing...”

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reviews (21 Nov 2023)

“205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of the critical skills list will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50693/23]”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Nov 2023)

“262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no provision is made to schools for the deaf for ISL interpretation outside of the standard capitation grant; her views on whether her Department is compliant with the spirit and with the provisions of the Irish Sign language Act 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51036/23]”

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• Has spoken in 108 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above 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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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 413 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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