• Green Party TD for Wicklow
• 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, Passport Services, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Schools Building Projects, Vaccination Programme

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (29 Jun 2022)

“I thank the Minister of State. I am glad to have had the opportunity to raise this matter. I raised it yesterday with the Taoiseach during Questions on Policy and Legislation and I have submitted a number of parliamentary questions on it. While I welcome the expansion of DEIS schools, which is positive, I am concerned that we do not seem to have allocated any funding in the budget for...”

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (29 Jun 2022)

“I am delighted to have the opportunity to discuss this issue. The school meals programme is of vital importance to the students that benefit from it. The Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, will be aware that the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, announced a €32 million investment and expansion of DEIS schools this year, which brings another 60,000 students into that support and...”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

“The Government recently announced a €32 million expansion of the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, schools programme, bringing in about 310 schools and 60,000 students. I understand, however, that the school meals programme for those DEIS schools is not currently funded and will not be until we pass the budget in October. I ask the Taoiseach to consider how we can...”

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• Has spoken in 122 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 249 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 62 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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