• Sinn Fein TD for Louth
• Entered the Dáil on 9 February 2020 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, National Broadband Plan, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Broadband Infrastructure, Health Services

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Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020 Report: Motion (19 May 2022)

“I thank Deputy Ó Ríordáin for his work on this. He has dealt with what I am going to discuss, and a lot more eloquently than I will. What we are talking about is straightforward. It is education as the great leveller, to use Deputy Ó Ríordáin's words. We are talking about ensuring that there is an equal playing field in respect of access. I welcome the fact...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (19 May 2022)

“I welcome the Minister's answer. A major issue that needs to be taken into account, as Deputy Conway-Walsh mentioned, is that colleges, on the basis of the funding structure, may sometimes choose to offer particular courses because it makes more financial sense to do so. We need to deal with that aspect. In regard to the whole issue of workforce planning, lifelong learning and the...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (19 May 2022)

“This is an issue we certainly will be revisiting into the future. I welcome the Minister's commitment in this regard. I will do now what I generally do, which is to apologise and raise a related question. The question will not shock the Minister greatly. It is a specific question about technological university status for Dundalk Institute of Technology, DkIT, which he visited recently....”

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• Has spoken in 268 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 565 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 251 times in debates — average among TDs.
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