• Independents 4 Change TD for Dublin South Central
• Changed party from People Before Profit Alliance on 24 Apr 2014
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Joan Collins speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Hospital Waiting Lists, Special Educational Needs, Local Authority Funding, Departmental Expenditure

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (11 Jul 2024)

“I welcome that Uisce Éireann will now be audited. It is about time. Its 2023 accounts will probably not go to the public accounts committee until next year, however, as it will not produce its report until the end of 2024. I am putting on record the issues that are happening within Irish Water. The Minister of State made the point it is not a publicly owned regulated utility. That...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (11 Jul 2024)

“According to Irish Water-Uisce Éireann's 2023 annual report, published last month, there was €10.57 million paid in bonuses to the company's staff, a 7% increase on 2022. We know from previous annual reports these bonuses are stacked towards the top earners. In 2021, bonuses averaged €6,560 per staff member, yet the top earners received €19,171 each. There was...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

“I know we are quite tight for time. Perhaps the Minister of State will come back on a few of these things in a few minutes or later on. There have been no NCSE applications in a number of secondary schools in the Dublin 12 area. Will the Minister of State use the section 37A process on those schools? I think she knows the names of the schools. I gave them to her as part of the...”

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• Has spoken in 97 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 117 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 934 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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