• Labour TD for Wexford
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff, Hospital Staff, Health Services Staff, Visa Applications, Departmental Funding

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Nov 2025)

“I want to raise the issue of pension abatement. Quite a number of retired public servants who were encouraged back into the service following their retirement are now in receipt of rather large pension abatement bills, so to speak. Retired public servants who had already earned their pensions were basically told that if they worked a certain number of hours, cumulative over the full year,...”

Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2025)

“I thank Deputy Nash. I spoke very briefly to the Tánaiste during the week on this. We had a good meeting with the Minister, Peter Burke, on the whole area of employee ownership trusts. My next step was to meet the Minister’s predecessor, but unfortunately he has gone to pastures new.”

Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2025)

“Yes, Paschal's new pastures. Certainly, this is a win-win scenario. Looking at the statistics, every working day this year, an Irish company has been sold into foreign ownership. If you contrast that with the UK’s situation, ten companies per week transfer to employee ownership trusts. The very simple reason they do that is because the taxation situation is much more favourable...”

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• Has spoken in 69 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 153 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 43 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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