• 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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Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

“I thank Deputy Tully for bringing forward this motion. Carers work all year round. They do not get holidays and are not entitled to them according to Family Carers Ireland, FCI. We spoke about this issue at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Autism this morning. The representatives of FCI said that families who have members with autism have additional costs. This works out, on...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

“I thank Ms Duffy and Ms Cox for their opening statement, their honesty and their passion. I love it. Sometimes people come in here and they have a fear of cameras or whatever. The witnesses are spot on about a rights-based approach, based on needs, not means. We have been hammering that here for the past number of years, in the context of Sláintecare, the future of mental health care...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

“That is good to know. In the back of my mind I am thinking that that is another bit of legislation that needs to be worked on, because it is about protecting people.”

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• Has spoken in 65 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 58 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") 240 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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