• Sinn Fein TD for Louth
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): General Practitioner Services, Disabilities Assessments, Education Policy, Driver Test, Energy Conservation

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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

“I echo my colleague's sentiments on Horse Racing Ireland. I read through the note, which is quite detailed, but the more the detail goes on, it poses more questions. Is the historic loan of €1.6 million included in the grant funding of €12.5 million earlier or is that separate?”

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

“Despite the historic €1.6 million loan, why in 2020 did it go further with the €9 million? There are a lot of grey areas in that, particularly with the stringent criteria that is around the €1.6 million in respect of key timelines and criteria for repayments. It goes as far as to set out what might happen if the repayments are not met by the end of 2026, going into the...”

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

“There are questions that still need to be asked here of Sport Ireland despite a note accounting for a change in accounting policy and the ring-fencing of grant aid. The underutilisation of €4 million in 2022 and the further underutilisation of nearly €6 million in 2023 involve staggering amounts of money that could have been, and probably should have been, fed down the chain to...”

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• Has spoken in 17 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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