• 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, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Pigmeat Sector, Prisoner Data, Special Educational Needs

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Jul 2021)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 131 together. I thank the Deputy for his question. The community enhancement programme, CEP, provides small grants to community organisations, with a focus on those organisations in disadvantaged areas. The funding is provided to each local authority area and is distributed by the local community development committees, LCDCs, on the basis of...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Jul 2021)

“There is a benefit to introducing a dedicated community centre capital programme to provide large-scale capital grants for significant refurbishment, retrofitting, modernisation and the construction of community centres. The need for more significant capital investment to support community infrastructure has become more evident during the pandemic. A proposal for an increase in the level...”

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• Has spoken in 28 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 161 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") 51 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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