• Social Democrats TD for Dublin Central
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, State Examinations, Special Educational Needs, School Staff, Immigration Policy

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European Union Regulations on International and Temporary Protection: Motions (3 Jul 2025)

“I want to raise the concerns that I raised at Tuesday’s meeting of the justice committee. What we are being asked to debate today amounts to a significant reshaping of Ireland's approach to international protection and asylum, yet the Oireachtas and its justice committee have not had an appropriate opportunity to properly scrutinise what is proposed before it has been brought here....”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Detention Centres (3 Jul 2025)

“292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will finally ratify and implement the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture, given Ireland’s long-standing commitment and repeated calls from civil society and international monitoring bodies; if he will provide a clear timeline for establishing the national preventive mechanism; and to...”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Jul 2025)

“293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure Ireland’s prison system complies fully with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules), particularly regarding the use of solitary confinement, access to healthcare, contact with the outside world and access to rehabilitation supports;...”

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• Has spoken in 105 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 431 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• 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") 428 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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