• Green Party TD for Dublin South Central
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
• Email me whenever Patrick Costello speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Prison Service, Children in Care, Covid-19 Pandemic, Health Services Staff, An Garda Síochána

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Children (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (29 Nov 2023)

“I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ensure all those who should be provided with the benefits of privacy in relation to offences committed as a minor do in fact receive such protection. The Children Act 2001 was very important legislation. It introduced a range of very positive reforms and protections for young people before the courts. It helped...”

Children (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (29 Nov 2023)

“I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

“You spoke about the right to assembly and the right to protest. Does that include the right to set up a checkpoint as a typical citizen? Can I set up a checkpoint in the middle of the road?”

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• Has spoken in 94 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 665 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 98 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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