• Labour TD for Dublin South West
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Mother and Baby Homes, Energy Policy, Public Sector Staff, Bus Services, Disability Services

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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (12 Jun 2025)

“213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the State's plans for waste disposal given the country's operational landfill sites are almost at maximum capacity; to outline the Department's longer-term plans for waste disposal, including if any waste incineration plants are being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30750/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (11 Jun 2025)

“313. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a HSE directive to home carers prohibiting them from administering medicated cream (such as difene cream) to someone they are caring for; to explain the logic of what we understand is a change in policy; the reason patients are expected to administer medicated creams like this if they are unable to do so themselves, do not...”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Usage (10 Jun 2025)

“The Minister referred to moving faster and we agree with him. He mentioned 1990, 1995 and 2005 figures, but these are irrelevant. The only figures that we are concerned with in this House anymore are the 2018 base levels. We need a 51% reduction from them by 2030. We are miles away from it and we are getting further. Is the Minister worried about the gap between promise and delivery?...”

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• Has spoken in 28 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 used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 23 times in debates.
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