• Sinn Fein TD for Dublin West
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): An Garda Síochána, Hospital Staff, Health Services Staff, Official Engagements, Covid-19 Pandemic

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

“EnergyCloud is a not-for-profit social enterprise. It works with partners including EirGrid, ESB, Wind Energy Ireland, local authorities and housing associations. Its aim is to reduce energy poverty. In the last seven years, €2.1 billion in surplus renewable energy was unused and wasted. Some €3 million worth of wind energy was wasted on 28 May this year. EnergyCloud has a...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

“It would cost just an extra €2.”

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

“Housing provision is so dysfunctional across every part of the sector that it is no exaggeration to say it is an emergency. Day after day, I have to inform people who are on the housing list for six, seven, eight or nine years that they have many more years left on the list. That was not the case four or five years ago. The situation has grown worse and worse and I see nothing the...”

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• Has spoken in 66 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 439 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 15–16 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") 256 times in debates — average among TDs.
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