• Sinn Fein TD for Cork East
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Mental Health Services Expenditure, Mental Health Services Funding, Bus Éireann Staff, Mental Health Services Provision, Mental Health Commission

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Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

“The real No. 4 rises to speak. Page 66 of the programme for Government contains a commitment to conduct an evidence-based expert review of the current status of implementation of international best practice in mental health services in Ireland. The review will also advise on providing further capacity in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. Yesterday I was informed at the...”

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

“I was there.”

Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018)

“I express my wholehearted support for the Bill, with my party, Sinn Féin. It is an incredibly important and worthy issue for us to take time in the House to discuss, especially in the context of what has happened in recent months which have thrown up so many situations where the need for sexual education which is real, inclusive and meaningful has been painfully clear. As a mental...”

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• Has spoken in 68 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 144 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 14–15 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") 53 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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