• 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): Agriculture Schemes, Covid-19 Pandemic, Agriculture Industry, Forestry Sector, Departmental Staff

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Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

“This budget has not given people the certainty they needed. People on middle and low incomes who were worried about energy costs at the start of the week will are still going to be worried at the end of this week. There is great concern across the board that we will see increases in rent in the coming months. It is incredible that, at a time there has been so much talk about the squeezed...”

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

“Hear, hear.”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

“I have lost count of the number of couples I have been working with who have been removed from the housing waiting lists because they exceeded limits by just a couple of hundred euro in some instances. The system as it applies to County Monaghan is designed so that any couple of which a single party is working will not make it onto the social housing waiting list. The income limit for...”

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• Has spoken in 195 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 843 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 219 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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