• Independent TD for Waterford
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Hospital Facilities, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Hospital Services, Vaccination Programme

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Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

“No, I am not. The Maritime Area Planning Bill is a component of the national marine planning framework designed to manage marine development. The Minister synopsised this Bill yesterday as setting out to develop and integrate the management plan for 500,000 sq. km. of our ocean and foreshore. The magnitude of the responsibility this Bill seeks to address was highlighted in the...”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (16 Sep 2021)

“45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in relation to the national broadband roll-out; the delays encountered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44217/21]”

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

“On the day this vote was announced, the Irish Examiner led with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform's insistence that the Cork-Limerick motorway would be in the revised national development plan. I thought this an unsubtle wink to the people of Cork that this Government and the Minister, Deputy Coveney, had the motorway baby safely in their arms. Unfortunately, I have no babe in...”

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• Has spoken in 103 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 170 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 94 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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