• 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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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

“I think we are all in trepidation over the children injured in the incident in Parnell Square. We hope that there is good news from it in the near future. Deputy Ó Laoghaire put it well when he said the whole idea of social welfare payments is to protect people from poverty. That must be the prism through which we look at everything. We need to move away from the idea of a fiver...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Relations (23 Nov 2023)

“Sometimes we need to take the first step.”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Relations (23 Nov 2023)

“13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an IDA Ireland business development consultant (details supplied) has been recruited; if the Government is rethinking the role in view of the ongoing breaches of international humanitarian law and ongoing war crimes committed by Israel. [51480/23]”

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• Has spoken in 289 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 182 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 526 times in debates — average among TDs.
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