• Independent TD for Clare
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Departmental Data, School Transport, Passport Services, Social Welfare Benefits

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Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

“I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. Obviously sheep prices are at an unsustainable level. It is not really profitable to be engaged in sheep farming at the moment and that needs to change. I heard Deputy Ó Cathasaigh say earlier that we need to work towards developing producer groups and I very much agree with him on that. He cited Connemara lamb as a very good example...”

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

“I support Deputy Ó Ríordáin's amendment. The matter of intent might need to be added to it. As the Deputy read it out, the actus reusseems to involve assaulting somebody rather than merely having the intention to assault him or her. That is just a question mark over it but I very much support the amendment. If it cannot be included, I would join with Deputy Ó...”

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

“Do I understand correctly that while attempted poisoning is obviously an offence, the mere placing of one of the substances regularly used for these purposes in somebody's drink at a bar or nightclub is not an offence, in and of itself, unless accompanied by an attempt at sexual assault, which the Minister says requires a degree of proximity, which is accepted, or an actual sexual assault?...”

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• Has spoken in 138 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 345 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• 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") 449 times in debates — average among TDs.
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