• Labour TD for Wexford
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff Data, Passport Services, Visa Applications, Brexit Data, Citizenship Applications

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Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

“I welcome this debate and thank the Sinn Féin Deputies for tabling a comprehensive motion involving a number of important issues which this House should debate. In truth, it should not be up to the Opposition to use scarce Private Members' time. There should be an open-ended debate on fundamental issues like this, which the Government should facilitate by setting out a clear position...”

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

“We want to make sure it is put to bed by enshrining it in a constitutional amendment.”

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

“If we put it in very clear terms, there cannot be any talk about it. There is no point in paying lip service and saying that neutrality is beyond doubt if we do not really mean it but I think it is beyond doubt. I sincerely hope so. As I have said, the issue should be put beyond doubt so that we can then discuss our domestic defence requirements in a rational way without the issue of...”

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• Has spoken in 82 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 152 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• 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") 2360 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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