• 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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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (4 Dec 2025)

“548. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the delivery of the actions under Our Rural Future, relevant to rural towns and villages; and to outline which commitments remain outstanding and the way in which his Department plans to accelerate progress in areas facing depopulation, weak public transport links, and declining local services. [68540/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (4 Dec 2025)

“549. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to strengthen the capacity of the Charities Regulator, in particular to support smaller volunteer-led charities and community groups who are struggling with governance and compliance obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68541/25]”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse (3 Dec 2025)

“I did not name anybody. I am well aware of that. I thank the Acting Chair. The case about the schoolteacher is well documented. What I am trying to raise here, as the individual asked me to do, is to find out what recourse this person and others have right now. We have learned nothing from the mother and baby home scandal. What can I tell this individual? Somebody is going to tell me...”

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• Has spoken in 40 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 308 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") 315 times in debates — average among TDs.
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