First elected as a Dublin city councillor in 1999, he twice ran unsuccessfully for a Dáil seat before being elected in 2011. He is the Sinn Féin spokesperson on housing and transport and is a member of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. He is also a prominent activist in is local area.

I will work every day with the Sinn Féin team to fight for a more equal Ireland that provides quality jobs, housing, education and healthcare for its people.

Investment in creating quality jobs. Unemployment is very high in my constituency and it makes every other issue worse for the people who live here.

Introduce rent controls and put in place an investment package in social housing construction, which would create jobs and tackle homelessness.