• Aontú TD for Mayo
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): International Protection, Departmental Funding, Special Educational Needs, Departmental Data, An Garda Síochána

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Mineral Oil Tax: Financial Resolution (28 Aug 2026)

“Postponing a bad decision does not make it a good one. Families do not need a stay of execution for six weeks. They need certainty. In rural Ireland, fuel is not a luxury; it is a staple. It brings families to work, children to school and elderly people to appointments. The price of fuel does not stop in terms of the cost at the pump. Every lorry delivering to a supermarket carries the...”

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (28 Jul 2026)

“214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the ongoing issues of illegal dumping and littering at clothing recycling banks and bottle banks in communities across the country; if he will review the management, maintenance and monitoring of these facilities to ensure they are emptied more frequently and adequately supervised; and if he will...”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (28 Jul 2026)

“355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of investigations by the Road Safety Authority into suspected tachograph manipulation, tachograph card misuse or other tachograph-related fraud in each of the past five years; the number of prosecutions arising from such investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54918/26]”

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• Has spoken in 166 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1431 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 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") 130 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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