• Sinn Fein TD for Donegal
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 November 2010 — Byelection
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 November 2010 — Resigned
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Tax Yield, Hospital Appointments Status, Tax Data, Passport Services

(based on written questions asked by Pearse Doherty and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Oct 2025)

“38. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes that will move into a higher band for the local property tax upon revaluation, by county or region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57642/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2026 (22 Oct 2025)

“102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 15 October 2025, for an approximate breakdown of the 3,000 beneficiaries, between those who are current recipients and will receive an increase to their payment rate, and those who will be new claimants and whose incomes will be in excess of the current maximum disregard level....”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Oct 2025)

“165. To ask the Minister for Health if she will sanction the appointment of a WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologist into Letterkenny University Hospital (details supplied) to fully support children with type 1 diabetes and their families living in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57433/25]”

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• Has spoken in 146 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 812 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 5 comments on this TD's speeches — well above 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.
• 111 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Pearse Doherty speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1999 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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