• Green Party TD for Dublin Fingal
• Entered the Dáil on 29 November 2019 — Byelection
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Pigmeat Sector, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Prisoner Data, Special Educational Needs

(based on written questions asked by Joe O'Brien and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (14 Jan 2021)

“110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who it is alleged has been detained without due process and tortured by the government of Bahrain; if he and his colleagues in the EU Foreign Affairs Council have raised this with Bahraini officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2039/21]”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (14 Jan 2021)

“The Community Employment (CE) Scheme is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis.  CE sponsoring authorities are the legal employers of their supervisors, assistant supervisors and participants. ...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jan 2021)

“240. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for sports clubs and leisure centres which operate bars and restaurants on their premises to apply for the Covid restrictions support scheme for those businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1268/21]”

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• Has spoken in 22 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 168 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 27 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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