• 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, Mental Health Services Expenditure, Mental Health Services Funding, Mental Health Services Provision, Mental Health Services Staff

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2025)

“You crashed the economy.”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2025)

“Is it 1% of it?”

Fisheries: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

“As a coastal TD, I have seen at first hand the decline in the fishing industry. The sector has suffered quota cuts, fleet reductions and fuel pressures. The input of cost increases in recent years has left them facing crisis after crisis. This is following decades of neglect, mismanagement and weak negotiations on their behalf by successive Fianna Fáil- and Fine Gael-led Governments....”

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• Has spoken in 37 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 291 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• 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") 314 times in debates — average among TDs.
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