• Independent TD for Galway West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Email me whenever Catherine Connolly speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): International Protection, Middle East, Covid-19 Pandemic, Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries, Direct Provision System

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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (9 Oct 2025)

“18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1082 of 10 June 2025, the number of international protection applicants who have not been offered accommodation on arrival, by month, from May 2025 to-date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54232/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (9 Oct 2025)

“49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional refuge units delivered to-date under the zero tolerance strategy; the locations of same; to provide an update on the delivery of the promised refuge units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54231/25]”

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

“I preface my remarks by using a few seconds to talk about the four people who are outside here on the 18th day of their hunger strike. We have passed a budget in one of the richest economies in the world and we have four people who have been 18 days on hunger strike outside. They have survived the industrial schools. They are survivors and they are now surviving a hunger strike because...”

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• Has spoken in 210 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 377 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 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") 1762 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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