• Sinn Fein TD for Meath West
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Services, Departmental Funding, Covid-19 Pandemic, Electric Vehicles, Health Services

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Minister of State. In some cases the ratio is 30:1. I believe that is the ratio in Kilbride National School. Although the Minister of State has said she will look at it in the appeal, I was hoping she would give a commitment tonight to reverse the decision on SET hours in Kilbride. One third of schools have had their SET resources cut. However, prior to these cuts the vast...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, for coming in to address the important issue of the reduction in special education teaching, SET, hours at Kilbride National School, Trim, County Meath and many schools across my constituency of Meath West. In response to parliamentary questions I submitted, the Department of Education stated 67% of schools saw their allocation increase or...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

“308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can explain the serious cut to the special education teacher allocation hours in a school (details supplied), based on high standardised assessment results achieved by the school overall, despite increasing enrolment numbers and no reduction in students with additional education requirements, and risking the positive outcomes that the...”

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• Has spoken in 29 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 87 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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