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Senator Michael McDowell, former TD
- Independent Senator (National University of Ireland)
- Former Progressive Democrats TD for Dublin South East
- Left the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
- Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
- Email me whenever Michael McDowell speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Most recent appearances in parliament
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)
“I will ask the Minister first about persons coming to Ireland who will be affected by the border procedure. If somebody comes to Ireland as a transit passenger through, say, Paris, is ours the first country that has to deal with him or her under EU law, and will the border procedure apply to him or her? Second, if somebody comes in here from, say, the United Kingdom at an unspecified time...”
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)
“Is that the case for a transit passenger? If I am coming from, say, Albania and my plan is to go to Ireland and I go via Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, does it apply to me?”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 65 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
- People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
- 17 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Michael McDowell speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1446 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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