• Sinn Fein TD for Waterford
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 27 April 2011 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 February 2016 — Resigned
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Services, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff Data, Public Sector Pay, Public Sector Staff Remuneration

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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: RTÉ Revenue (16 Oct 2019)

“We had a lengthy debate on public broadcasting in the House recently. This is an issue we need to take very seriously. It was discussed yesterday in private session at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Environment and an the invitation will be sent to the Minister, the Department and RTÉ to come back to the committee to discuss some of the issues...”

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: RTÉ Revenue (16 Oct 2019)

“If a cheque is written for RTÉ, it will be signed by the Accounting Officer of the Department, namely, the Secretary General. There is a service level agreement of sorts between the Department and RTÉ. Within that agreement, there is conditionality in respect of, for example, the percentage of money which must be spent on the Sound & Vision scheme. My question relates...”

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: RTÉ Revenue (16 Oct 2019)

“34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional funding outside of moneys from TV licence fees that will be given to RTÉ in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42322/19]”

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• Has spoken in 122 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 108 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 307 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 6 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• 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") 251 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1048 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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