• Social Democrats TD for Kildare North
• Changed party from Independent on 14 Jul 2015
• Entered the Dáil on 11 March 2005 — Byelection
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Special Educational Needs, Planning Issues, Departmental Staff Data, Departmental Records

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Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

“I welcome the moving of the writs for these by-elections, of which the Social Democrats will contest three, with Sinéad Halpin in Cork North-West, Tracey Carey in Fingal and Anne-Marie McNally in Dublin Mid-West. We have no problem getting women candidates to run, as the Government can see. They are three excellent candidates. I have already been on the doorsteps in Dublin Mid-West....”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

“As a former Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, I do not suppose the Tánaiste will be surprised that I and others are very critical of the long-term use of the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme. It is a system that artificially inflates the market and is the single biggest transfer of public funds to private landlords in the history of the State. One aspect of...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

“I used Kildare as an example. The issue is not unique to Kildare and the Tánaiste should please pay attention to that point. I appreciate that things will be done and I hope they are done to a greater extent. Maybe the election will intervene to accelerate that because it is a huge issue. When HAP was introduced the resources were allocated to an agency in Limerick that would pay the...”

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• Has spoken in 112 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 964 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — 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") 1050 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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