• Independent TD for Offaly
• Changed party from Sinn Fein on 19 Jun 2018
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Data, Departmental Staff, International Protection, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Funding

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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (11 Dec 2025)

“I thank the Minister for his response. While I certainly acknowledge that there have been some incentives, supports and improvements, the SUSI grant has unfortunately not been adjusted in line with the cost of living or the costs of student accommodation. We have seen over the past five years how rents in urban centres and many regional towns have risen at rates far exceeding inflation or...”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (11 Dec 2025)

“I acknowledge that there have been some improvements but again, it is just not enough. We need to be, as I said, far more ambitious and deliver more student accommodation. I want to point out that my concerns relate to the fact that when a young person from a rural background concludes that third level education is financially or logistically unfeasible, the loss extends far beyond the...”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (11 Dec 2025)

“203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address concerns relating to student accommodation and affordability; if he is aware that these concerns are driving regional disparities and increasing commuting burdens and costs for rural students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67669/25]”

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• Has spoken in 68 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 635 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 473 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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