• 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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Asks most questions about

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

(based on written questions asked by Mary Lou McDonald and answered by departments)

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

“I wish to share time with Deputy Crowe.”

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

“The meeting of the European Council on Thursday is critical for all of or futures. Britain's decision to leave the EU has shaped and influenced politics on this island for the past three years and it will shape our history into the future. We are making these statements at a time when the prospect of a deal has greatly increased. From the very start, Sinn Féin's focus has been on...”

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

“Therefore, he struggles to compute or understand that fact.”

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• Has spoken in 177 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 240 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.
• 67 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") 1186 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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