• Sinn Fein TD for Donegal
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 November 2010 — Byelection
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 November 2010 — Resigned
• Email me whenever Pearse Doherty speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Tax Yield, Hospital Appointments Status, Tax Data, Passport Services

(based on written questions asked by Pearse Doherty and answered by departments)

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

“There is a real crisis for people living in unsafe homes with defective concrete blocks. That crisis is far from over, despite what the Government may think. People are still living in fear every time there is a red weather warning, forced to watch as cracks spread and walls shift, as their home crumbles right around them. The Ulster University study summed it up best when it described it...”

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (14 Oct 2025)

“We all know - at least those of us on this side of the House - that there is a substantial additional cost to disability. There is a mountain of evidence, report after report, setting it out in black and white. The cost lands on the shoulders of individuals and families across the State. The question we in Sinn Féin and those on this side of the House are asking is why the Government...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (14 Oct 2025)

“347. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of loan sharks that have been reported through his Departments dedicated lines and other avenues each year for which data is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55012/25]”

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• Has spoken in 146 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 812 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 5 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 111 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Pearse Doherty speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1999 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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