• 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

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2020)

“In that case, we are of one mind. We all recognise that those women and couples who have had children in this period have faced very considerable difficulties and stress without all of the normal supports that new parents generally enjoy when they bring home their newborn. This is a very straightforward request. The Taoiseach should not hide behind a veil of complexity. The simple...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2020)

“This morning, the National Women's Council of Ireland and a group of parents, mostly mothers, held a demonstration outside Leinster House in support of the call for an extension to maternity leave and pay. During the Covid-19 crisis, many women have called for a 12-week extension because the emergency has fundamentally impacted on and changed the nature of the important time that they have...”

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (30 Jun 2020)

“10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if each long-term recommendation within the Public Service Pay Commission recommendations on recruitment and retention in the Permanent Defence Forces will be implemented in full by the deadline of 4 July 2020 as previously committed to. [13484/20]”

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• Has spoken in 84 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 167 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — above 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.
• 72 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") 1234 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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