• Sinn Fein TD for Dublin Central
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff, Exchequer Savings, Departmental Agencies, Pension Provisions

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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

“The Government increased the price of petrol and diesel on 1 September. People can see the consequences of that at the pumps. Incredibly, the Government proposes to increase fuel prices even further, with a double whammy on 11 October and 31 October. Fuel prices, as a consequence, will hit close to €2 per litre. I do not know how the Government expects hard-pressed families that...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

“The Minister's rhetoric and his bluff on the issue of housing convinces precisely nobody. The idea that he would rate the Government's performance on housing as a reflection of housing being its number one priority is truly terrifying if that is the Minister's idea of the Government's best shot at sorting out a crisis that has now been with us for many years. The targets are wrong to begin...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

“Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I also wish Barry the very best in his tasks and duties. As the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment knows, workers and families continue to struggle with an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis and households remain under huge pressure, with massive energy bills, grocery bills and fuel prices increasing once again. At the centre of...”

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• Has spoken in 181 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 269 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.
• 76 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Mary Lou McDonald speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1744 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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