• Sinn Fein TD for Dublin Central
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Mary Lou McDonald speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff, Exchequer Savings, Departmental Agencies, Pension Provisions

(based on written questions asked by Mary Lou McDonald and answered by departments)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

“The hospital is unsafe. The Taoiseach should acknowledge that.”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

“That is not in question.”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

“Tá fáilte romhat, a Edwin. I am not used to seeing you in this setting, but you are very welcome. I am sure we all agree on that. Over the last few days people have listened in horror to the testimony presented at the inquest into the death of 16-year-old Aoife Johnston. Aoife died in University Hospital Limerick on 17 December 2022. The inquest is ongoing and we await its...”

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• Has spoken in 149 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 131 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — 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.
• 77 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Mary Lou McDonald speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1813 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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