• Sinn Fein TD for Dublin Mid West
• Entered the Dáil on 29 November 2019 — Byelection
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Mental Health Services, Eating Disorders, Covid-19 Pandemic, Vaccination Programme, Special Educational Needs

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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jun 2021)

“Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This week I met the Therapists for Change group, which represents psychotherapists. Its main concern is the HSE's over-reliance on charities to provide mental health services, where the prevailing culture is that pre-accredited and post-accredited psychotherapists are expected to work for nothing. Pre-accredited counsellors and therapists are...”

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

“Figures released to my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, by the Residential Tenancies Board highlight how this Government is continuing to fail renters. Since August, more than 1,000 notices to quit have been issued with a significant increase in the numbers since March. The Government has failed to protect renters. The limited protections in place are just not working. The 2016 rent...”

Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021: First Stage (23 Jun 2021)

“I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters. I wish to share my time with Deputy Mythen. I begin by thanking the former Senator, Máire Devine, on the Trojan work she did on this...”

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• Has spoken in 86 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 454 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") 52 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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