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Senator Michael McDowell, former TD
- 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
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Most recent appearances in parliament
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)
“He is building a gallows this weekend.”
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)
“I want to mention a matter today of considerable importance. The European Commission has imposed a lump sum fine of €2.5 million and a daily fine of €10,000 on Ireland for failure to transpose the Audiovisual Media Services directive. This House established a committee, after grave difficulty and resistance from some quarters in the permanent government of Ireland, the...”
- Seanad: Special Measures in the Public Interest (Derrybrien Wind Farm) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Feb 2024)
“I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This is a special and unusual Bill. It arises in the circumstances that ESB, through a subsidiary company called Gort Windfarms Limited., took a lease of property in the mountains between counties Clare and Galway. It built a wind farm on the land it leased, with a considerable number of wind turbines and enough capacity to power 30,000...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 70 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
- People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
- 16 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Michael McDowell speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1441 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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