• Social Democrats TD for Dublin North West
• Changed party from Independent on 14 Jul 2015; from Labour on 27 Sep 2012
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Social Welfare Benefits, Tax Code, Pension Provisions, Departmental Staff, Road Safety

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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

“I have two questions for each agency and will start with the NTMA. I will set out my questions at the beginning and I hope both delegations will reply. My initial questions are for Mr. O'Connor. There is a growing and strong school of thought that believes Ireland should engage in sustained deficit spending. The circumstances are very favourable to that kind of approach at the moment...”

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

“Sorry, Mr. O'Connor, time is very tight and I will ask two specific questions.”

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Overall Fiscal and Monetary Position (7 Jul 2020)

“What is a sustainable level of borrowing over the next three years? What should the target timeframe be for a balanced budget?”

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• Has spoken in 58 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 414 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 3 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") 846 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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