• 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)

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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

“The Leader is being monitored in offices so he had better keep going.”

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

“I join in the general expression of Christmas good wishes and thanks to the staff of the Seanad Office and to all of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service for the wonderful work they do for us in this establishment. On the Order of Business yesterday, Senator Colm Burke referred to a nameless Deputy - he was being very careful - who, in a committee session, queried the status and...”

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

“I remind that Deputy, who was criticising me on that occasion, that I received 5,661 first preferences and 15% of the vote in my constituency.”

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• Has spoken in 80 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 840 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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