• Sinn Fein TD for Meath East
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Energy Conservation, Public Transport, Renewable Energy Generation, An Garda Síochána, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)

“It is really important that we get this process of development of DMAPs right. The committee met with the Department. There is concern across the political spectrum that there is not enough capacity within the Department to do the DMAP work at the pace and scale required and that we could potentially fail to realise the opportunity that is there or to give a clear indication that Ireland is...”

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)

“I wish to make the same point. Deputy Whitmore says she does not know how we have ended up here with a rhetorical piece, but if anything this is par for the course. We are bolting on a piece that is obviously an afterthought. There was a decision made that we need to reconfigure and shift responsibility from one Department to the other. There is merit in that, but it is safe to say we in...”

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Apr 2024)

“19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way persons can make submissions to the tribunal of inquiry into the Defence Forces handling of bullying, harassment and sexual assault allegations; if there will be a public notification of the process; if there will be restrictions on who can submit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18416/24]”

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• Has spoken in 127 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1006 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 341 times in debates — average among TDs.
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