• 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
• Numerology

No data to display yet.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2019)

“Following on from Senator Ardagh's concern about gambling and the like, I wish to ask the Leader if he will arrange for the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, to discuss the presence of gambling casinos and their operation in Dublin, which is in flagrant contravention of the gaming and lotteries legislation. As I understand it, there will be no relevant amendment and all of...”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2019)

“This will only take five minutes.”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

“I welcome the Cathaoirleach back. I would be intrigued to see the changes that have taken place since the photograph to which he referred was taken; we all need to be depressed from time to time. I echo what Senator Gavan said about the remuneration of staff in the Oireachtas. We should be mindful of the issues he has raised. I welcome to the Gallery fifth class pupils from St. Pius X...”

More of Michael McDowell's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

These statistics are updated only each weekend. Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site.More about this)

• Has spoken in 103 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• 13 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Michael McDowell speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1095 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)