• Social Democrats TD for Cork South West
• 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, Social Media, Disability Services, Health Services, Special Educational Needs

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

“This week a primary school teacher told me about an incredibly upsetting incident in their classroom where they asked the children to draw out their house and mark the name of the rooms as Gaeilge and one child got very upset and whispered to their teacher that they could not do the exercise because they did not have a home. That is one of the 4,316 children who are homeless. The damage...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

“How is Ireland different to the rest of Europe?”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

“Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. A leading pediatrician has issued a stark warning about the dire impacts of child homelessness. Dr. Aoibhinn Walsh has said that children are presenting with rickets, anaemia, faltering growth, extreme tooth decay and skin conditions like scabies. Children with autism or intellectual disabilities experience additional trauma from overcrowded...”

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• Has spoken in 104 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 591 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 416 times in debates — average among TDs.
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