• Sinn Fein TD for Donegal
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 November 2010 — Byelection
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 November 2010 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Tax Yield, IBRC Liquidation, Hospital Waiting Lists, Departmental Expenditure

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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Sep 2018)

“In December the Taoiseach announced to us all that he claimed he had a cast iron guarantee in terms of Brexit, the so-called backstop. The EU has twice attempted to put a legally enforceable backstop in place with deadlines for such an agreement. However, the British Government and the British Prime Minister binned the lastest approach from the EU. It is reported that she objected on the...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (20 Sep 2018)

“As I said, Sophia does not appear on a list because, as her father said, the lists are a manipulation. As her surgery has been suspended, she does not appear in the figures the Tánaiste is presenting to the House.”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (20 Sep 2018)

“What is real is that Sophia and other children like her are in pain. They are in pain today and will be tomorrow until the surgery is provided. What we do know is that the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, gave a commitment in 2017 that no child would wait longer than four months for surgery. Sophia has been waiting in pain for a year and a half. We can collectively lift her pain...”

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• Has spoken in 185 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 918 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 5 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• 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") 937 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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