• 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, State Examinations, School Meals Programme, School Staff

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Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

“Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Tosóidh mé le ráiteas a bhfuil soiléir ach is fiú é a rá, ar aon chor. Níl aon duine ag fáil liúntas na ndaoine atá an Roinn ag tabhairt cúnamh dóibh de bharr go bhfuil sé furasta nó go bhfuil siad compordach. Tá siad á ndéanamh toisc go bhfuil sé...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

“I have limited time, but as this is the first opportunity in these Houses to have a substantive debate about these proposals, I might outline some of my thoughts and those of my party. First, the Irish people recognise the importance of ensuring that people who are fleeing war and conflict receive protection. They also expect that a system is efficient, fair, decent and enforceable and that...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

“It is important that we have a sense of that. The Minister has outlined her intention to bring forward primary legislation, but a bit like the general data protection regulation, GDPR, ultimately until primary legislation is needed and after that point, the regulation stands. It is legally enforceable and has direct legal effect. That is important. It will be in 2026. I thank the...”

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• Has spoken in 115 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 190 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — 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.
• 43 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") 611 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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