• Fine Gael TD for Galway East
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Small and Medium Enterprises, Education Policy, Disabilities Assessments, Mental Health Services, Rural Schemes

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Special Education Provision and Special Needs Assistant Allocation Review: Discussion (5 Mar 2026)

“The witnesses are most welcome. They might not feel it at this minute but they are. In my previous life, before I came here, I sat on the board of the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board. I had the great privilege of interviewing SNAs on a regular basis. I have to say that each time they came before our interviewing committee, they demonstrated the most professional capacity...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Special Education Provision and Special Needs Assistant Allocation Review: Discussion (5 Mar 2026)

“Most of us here would agree and accept that SNAs invest heavily in themselves in terms of their education and their preparedness and it is only right and fair that they would be given that job security. The intention and, I suppose, the motivation behind this was to do just that. That is something that really needed to be done. Nobody should feel that they are disposable as soon as a...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Special Education Provision and Special Needs Assistant Allocation Review: Discussion (5 Mar 2026)

“That comes across in both statements. I very much take that. God knows, none of us is beyond making a mistake and if we are, we are full of ourselves. We heard about the pause and then we heard about nothing happening and no threats to school places in 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. Can we get certainty today that nobody will be in that dilemma again in terms of the fear of losing an SNA in a...”

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• Has spoken in 108 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 106 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 28 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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