• 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, Covid-19 Pandemic Supports, Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, Vaccination Programme, School Staff

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Oct 2021)

“120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding the banking of hours by primary schools in cases in which mainstream classroom teachers are replaced by special education teachers due to absences; if her attention has been drawn to the demands of a union (details supplied) to reinstate this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50188/21]”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Oct 2021)

“121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding teacher supply panels at both primary and secondary school level; if she plans to expand the existing coverage of supply panels to make them accessible to schools nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50189/21]”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Oct 2021)

“122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the adequacy of the number of teachers currently allocated to supply panels for substitute teachers at a primary school level; if her attention has been drawn to cases in which three substitute teachers are covering up to 14 schools in a district as is the case in north County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the...”

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• Has spoken in 109 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 214 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
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• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 30 times in debates — well below average among TDs.
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