• Green Party TD for Dublin South Central
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Prison Service, Children in Care, Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Services Staff, Bus Services

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

“I welcome the Minister. She mentioned earlier the graduated response the Garda uses. The Commissioner used that term as well, but surely the beginning of any graduated response should be prevention. Particularly when dealing with groups that are deliberately organising, the prevention should be looking at and dealing with them. The Minister says that there have been 800 protests this...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

“The Act allows the Minister to give directions and revise priorities.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

“I will keep my question very short. It is not just about the Minister asking the Commissioner what he needs. It is about her saying that, as a Government, we feel the State needs a certain thing or that a certain area should be a priority. There is a clear escalation here. Arson attacks are increasing. There are communities where there are vigilante patrols, where people feel law and...”

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• Has spoken in 96 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 670 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 98 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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