• Sinn Fein TD for Louth
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, School Discipline, Departmental Funding, Road Projects Expenditure, Public Transport

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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

“I welcome everybody. I wish to come back on the 10% pay increase for the executive board. To phrase it as best I can in relation to the reaction from the public, it was insult on top of injury. We sat at multiple Oireachtas hearings and committee hearings and not once was it mentioned. Nobody on the board, many of whom were here and are here today again, mentioned it. It was bad enough...”

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

“No, not necessarily. It was the failure of the board itself in giving the information, bearing in mind that RTÉ is constantly looking for extra funding and saying it is in a dire financial state. The board did not even mention the fact, for example, that the former director general went from €306,000 to €316,000. She was hardly waiting on the extra €10,000 but she...”

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

“Okay. Does Mr. Bakhurst accept that RTÉ has lost the confidence of the public to the tune of €21 million in licence fee renewals by year end? Does he accept RTÉ is on the verge of bankruptcy, could very easily go bust, and is in a perilous financial situation? Yet, when he responded on the matter of the 10% pay increase, he said that to be fair to the executive board, it...”

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• Has spoken in 78 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 71 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") 281 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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