• 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, Health Services, Covid-19 Pandemic, Schools Building Projects, Departmental Staff Data

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (12 Jun 2025)

“328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current recognition process for overseas teaching experience, particularly in cases where experienced teachers from the UK are being denied recognition due to technicalities, such as having taught in primary rather than secondary settings, despite having taught age-equivalent cohorts and holding decades of relevant...”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (11 Jun 2025)

“10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on efforts by the department and consular offices to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30764/25]”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)

“The waiting times for driving tests are increasing at my two local centres in Tallaght and Deansgrange, which serve constituents in Dublin South-West. I had a call to my office this morning from a constituent whose son has been waiting over nine months for a test. He represents Ireland in athletics and his father, who works in a hospital, has to accompany him or drive him around the country...”

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• Has spoken in 47 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 232 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 304 times in debates — average among TDs.
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