• Sinn Fein TD for Donegal
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 8 September 2020 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Fishing Industry, Defective Building Materials, Hospital Services, Hospital Staff, Health Services

(based on written questions asked by Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and answered by departments)

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Oct 2025)

“It is not agreed. This in unprecedented. The Government is moving a motion of confidence, when there has been no formal submission of the motion of no confidence. We have not seen the text of the motion of no confidence, so it is unprecedented to make this move. I also add that at the Business Committee meeting on Thursday, I raised the unprecedented crisis in fisheries and seafood...”

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Oct 2025)

“However, time has been made available now. It has all of a sudden been created to do something that is unprecedented. There was no time for the crisis in fisheries and seafood this week, but there is time for an unprecedented move by the Government-----”

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Oct 2025)

“-----to move a confidence motion, when there has not been a formal receipt of a no confidence motion. It is usually done to negate the no confidence motion. This is a stunt. It is cynical-----”

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• Has spoken in 91 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 14 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 287 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 4 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 4 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 54 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Pádraig Mac Lochlainn speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 621 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 172 times in debates — average among Senators.
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