• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin South Central
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Assisted Decision-Making, Special Educational Needs, Bus Services, Departmental Schemes, Rail Network

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Ceisteanna - Questions: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

“14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [27572/25]”

Ceisteanna - Questions: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

“I rise again to discuss therapeutic supports for children. As the Taoiseach said, the in-school therapy programme has been a huge success. Even people in the Department were blown away by how many applied for the positions. Therapists like working in the school environment. It is the best place for therapies to be delivered to children and for their parents, the majority of whom work....”

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

“I thank everyone for coming in and bearing with us as some of our questions will probably be a bit repetitive. I will start from the beginning again. The decision to procure a new IT system we heard was because the Arts Council had five systems it was trying to merge. Why did the Arts Council not consider an off-the-shelf system from the beginning and why was a custom-made system picked?...”

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• Has spoken in 15 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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• Has received answers to 55 written questions 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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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 5 times in debates.
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