• Solidarity TD for Cork North Central
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Industrial Disputes, Fishing Industry, Fishing Vessel Safety, Employment Rights, Bus Services

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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (17 May 2018)

“41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a case (details supplied) is the only instance during the lifetime of the Government in which the official side has refused to honour the findings of an adjudication process administered by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; if his Department will reconsider its position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21776/18]”

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (17 May 2018)

“42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on correspondence sent by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) on 14 December 2016 in which it indicates its refusal to honour the arbitration outcome citing FEMPI and section 5.3 of the Lansdowne Road Agreement despite the fact that these grounds for not paying the allowance were made during the adjudication process...”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (15 May 2018)

“300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will initiate a commission of investigation arising from the claim that a member of the clergy encouraged a minor to destroy a document that would have been germane to the then inquest into the circumstances of a death further to an interview published in a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...”

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• Has spoken in 134 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 165 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments 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") 224 times in debates — average among TDs.
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