• Fianna Fail TD for Dublin South West
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Waiting Lists, Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Services, Departmental Staff Data, Cybersecurity Policy

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

“I thank Ms O'Shea for her presentation and the work she put in to this. Some of my questions have been asked. I will ask a question on one matter on which I will be interested in her perspective. She told us that, "The right to exercise conscientious objection by consultants has been attributed by senior managers at the HSE as a major reason why hospitals do not provide full services."...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

“I want to be fair. I sometimes pick up a notion that there is a disproportionate view in the practice of this compared with the view of the public when they went to vote on it in the referendum. What are the implications of that? How do we change that? Ms O'Shea talked about bodies rolling out these things. It is as if they have been caught by surprise and realise they have to address...”

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• Has spoken in 38 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 336 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 260 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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