• Sinn Fein TD for Cavan-Monaghan
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Defence Forces, Agriculture Schemes, Disability Services, Middle East, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (18 Nov 2025)

“Hear, hear.”

Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (18 Nov 2025)

“I have often said that our farmers deserve three things: fair prices, a fair CAP, and fair play. On all three, successive Governments have failed. On prices, we still have the diktats coming from factories and retailers, and we have never got a stranglehold on the conglomerate interests that are controlling the prices received. On CAP, we now have a situation where farmers are receiving...”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Nov 2025)

“99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to review the current weekly means limit for the increase for qualified adult allowance for recipients of the State pension, with a view to increasing the current means limit of €100 which has remained unchanged for several years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62134/25]”

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• Has spoken in 122 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1010 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• 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") 508 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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