• Fianna Fail TD for Sligo-Leitrim
• Former Fianna Fail Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 February 2016 — Resigned
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Disease Management, Departmental Staff Redeployment, Medicinal Products Reimbursement, IBRC Liquidation, Covid-19 Pandemic

(based on written questions asked by Marc MacSharry and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Nov 2020)

“724. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive treatment for Parkinson’s disease with Duodopa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36282/20]”

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

“I want to praise the heroic work of the Department in achieving what was done to keep us all in funds in such a short period and during such difficult times, cross-departmentally. There was support from Revenue and other sources, but the Department has outdone itself. In the post-Covid environment, the Department will probably be under savage pressure because expectations will be...”

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

“That is fine. Are medical reviews of invalidity pension claimants carried out at any stage during the life of the claim?”

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• Has spoken in 39 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 33 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 161 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 7 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 30 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Marc MacSharry speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 133 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 743 times in debates — above average among Senators.
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