• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin Bay South
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Garda Data, Garda Reserve, Garda Transport Data, Departmental Staff Data, Crime Data

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Family Law Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2019)

“We will not be supporting the amendment. The people who voted last May knew the legislation that this Oireachtas was going to put forward if the amendment was carried. They voted overwhelmingly in favour of the change because they knew the Oireachtas would introduce legislation stating it would be two out of the previous three years. Had the public been informed at that time that there...”

Family Law Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

“As the Minister of State said, the purpose of this legislation is to give legislative effect to the constitutional amendment voted for by the Irish people in May this year. As the Leas-Cheann Comhairle is aware, the purpose of the amendment was to make a change to Article 41 of the Constitution by removing from it the specific period that required a couple to live apart for four of the...”

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• Has spoken in 99 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 211 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 300 times in debates — average among TDs.
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