• Sinn Fein TD for Dublin Central
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Mary Lou McDonald speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Exchequer Savings, Departmental Agencies, Departmental Staff, Pension Provisions

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Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

“This is a quite a fiasco. In a depressing way, it serves to underscore the unhealthy and inappropriate relationships in what I classify as the insider class in this State, the cosy dining relationships between influential and wealthy people and senior politicians. Then the same people bid for business contracts and the relationships unfold. Tribunal after tribunal has demonstrated the...”

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

“-----yet they prevail. The Taoiseach said that he feels compassion for Deputy Denis Naughten and I understand that on a human level, but the real casualties here are, first, the 542,000 households that still await this fabled broadband and, second, the process itself. The Taoiseach has conceded that the process may well be compromised. He will ask Mr. Peter Smyth to carry out a review....”

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

“Has the Taoiseach spoken to him? What is the situation with Deputy Breen? Deputy Denis Naughten has resigned.”

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• Has spoken in 160 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 208 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments 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.
• 63 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") 1017 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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