• 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, Mental Health Services Provision, Mental Health Services Funding, Mental Health Services Data

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

“I welcome the witnesses. I worked on the Glanmire bypass in the 1980s and subsequently went on do work in Little Island and Carrigtwohill, and tied in with LotusWorks. I am well aware of the challenges. I could almost tell the witnesses where the ESB cables come down to light up the sign heading down to the tunnel. I want to touch on a few points although much of this is case sensitive....”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

“Mr. Moran referred to when TII starts building this with an air of confidence. He gave a rough timeframe of three years. That is information for the public. Misinformation seems to swell far more than proper accurate information and there is a perception that nothing has been happening, it is another smokescreen, another election promise and so forth, so I welcome that. I am well aware of...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

“I again thank the witnesses for coming in, and thank them for their honesty. Two sayings were always being repeated during my experiences on building sites over the years. It was said that one should always measure twice and cut once. That refers to forward planning. The other thing people would say was that if one ever wanted to make a mistake, one cannot sit into a wheelbarrow and wheel...”

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• Has spoken in 86 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 99 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") 113 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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