• 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, Health Services, Schools Building Projects, Health Services Staff

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (25 Nov 2025)

“13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to local authorities to bring vacant properties back into public use for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65437/25]”

Victims of Sexual Violence Civil Protection Orders Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Nov 2025)

“I thank Deputy Carthy and Senator Maria McCormack for the work they have put into this legislation. Most of all, I thank the women who have shared their horrific experiences of sexual violence. I welcome many of them into the viewing Gallery today. The women I met today have unselfishly acknowledged that, in some cases, this legislation comes too late for them, but they are thinking of...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Nov 2025)

“The Minister for housing issued a directive to local authorities to rezone land. However, there is an opportunity for developers to abuse this. They could buy land that is not currently zoned for housing and sit on it to wait for a change in zoning. The Coldcut site, which is owned by Dublin Bus members, is up for sale. This site is over 10 ha. It straddles north Clondalkin and...”

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• Has spoken in 83 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 285 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 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") 267 times in debates — average among TDs.
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