• 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

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

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (10 Jul 2024)

“177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a half-rate fuel allowance payment to households with a gross income of less than €40,000 per year. [30514/24]”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Jul 2024)

“208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected costs of doubling funding to the International Protection Office and the International Protection Appeal Tribunal. [30444/24]”

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

“I welcome Lucia, Jim and Shane's family to Public Gallery. Lucia is one of the most remarkable people I have ever met and certainly that I have ever met here, in this job. The painstaking detail she has provided and the passion and commitment she has shown to this campaign is such a tribute to a mother's love for her son but she should never have had to do that. Having listened to the...”

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• Has spoken in 128 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 209 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") 635 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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