• 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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Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Minister for being here today. I thank Solidarity-People Before Profit for tabling this motion. Much has been covered here. This is about disability justice and disability injustice. Many people have covered the options of trying to get work, proper living accommodation and public transport. There is a myriad of barriers after barriers. I have raised how bad the system is...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Museum Projects (16 Apr 2024)

“It is interesting. Listening to the first half of the Minister of State's response, I thought it was brilliant that she outlined the whole history of the LÉ Eithne for me. We will lose all of that. I am disappointed by the fact that the contracts have been signed, but contracts can be pulled. I will go to both Ministers who are responsible because, as I said, the amount of history...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Museum Projects (16 Apr 2024)

“I thank the Minister of State for taking the question. There seems to bit of a Cork contingent here tonight, for a change. I wish to read into the record a statement from the Sinn Féin spokesperson on Gaeilge, the Gaeltacht, arts, culture and heritage, Deputy Ó Snodaigh. It is to do with the scrapping of the LÉ Eithne. It states: Opting to scrap the vessel without even...”

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• Has spoken in 53 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 51 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") 264 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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