• Sinn Fein TD for Carlow-Kilkenny
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Child Care Services, Schools Building Projects Status, Affordable Childcare Scheme Expenditure, School Accommodation Provision, School Curriculum

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Delivery of Services for Students with Down’s Syndrome: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)

“I welcome the opportunity to have all of the main stakeholders present. Instinctively I always support trade unions. I worked in one and come from a very strong trade union household. However, I do not agree with the union's position on withdrawing IEPs, although I totally support its call for the provision of extra training, resources and anything else that is needed. I am always an...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Autism Support Services (6 Mar 2019)

“12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for parents should they wish to request that their child’s primary or post-primary school apply on their behalf to his Department to open an ASD class in that school; the way in which the decision on whether or not to make an application for additional resources to open an ASD class is arrived at between parents and a school;...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Autism Support Services (6 Mar 2019)

“I appreciate the Acting Chairman trying to squeeze this question in. I will be very brief. It is the only comment I will be able to make on the question. It is very similar to the first question I asked in respect of ASD classes. Last year the then Minister, Deputy Bruton, announced that the Department would have powers to compel a school to open an ASD class. If a group of parents sees...”

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• Has spoken in 55 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 235 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 92 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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