• Sinn Fein TD for Cork South-Central
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Email me whenever Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Special Educational Needs, Covid-19 Pandemic, School Meals Programme, State Examinations, School Staff

(based on written questions asked by Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and answered by departments)

Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Dec 2025)

“This is the arbitration Bill and that is what we are dealing with. We are dealing with legislation that in my view takes decisions that would be rightly made by Irish courts in relation to Irish business decisions and seconds them to an international court of a kind over which we have no oversight and no power. That is the fundamental issue. I agree that we are in a challenging trade...”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (9 Dec 2025)

“56. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the NTMA's investments in a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64589/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (9 Dec 2025)

“78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will offer diplomatic assistance to support efforts to secure the safe return of those who remain missing following the abduction of students and staff from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria. [69910/25]”

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• Has spoken in 113 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 228 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — 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.
• 46 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 749 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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