• Sinn Fein TD for Meath East
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
• Email me whenever Darren O'Rourke speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Special Educational Needs, Departmental Data, An Garda Síochána, Energy Conservation, School Staff

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National Breastfeeding Week: Statements (8 Oct 2026)

“I welcome all our visitors to the Gallery. We know that breastfeeding is one of the most important positive health behaviours for our newborns. I will use my time to highlight the importance of local volunteer support services. To see successful initiation of breastfeeding in our maternity hospitals alongside a consistent approach and support from hospital staff, mothers should receive...”

World Mental Health Day: Statements (8 Oct 2026)

“I want to use my time to raise something that is too often missing from the Government's mental health announcements, which is the facilities and capacity to actually provide care. The Government has strategies, action plans and new announcements every year but people are still waiting for an assessment, waiting for a first appointment, waiting for a referral, waiting for a bed and, in far...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tillage Sector (8 Oct 2026)

“12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to increase the amount of land in tillage. [69727/26]”

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• Has spoken in 204 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 908 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") 523 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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