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Mary Lou McDonald TD

- Sinn Fein TD for Dublin Central
- Leader of the Opposition (since 27 Jun 2020)
- Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
- Email me whenever Mary Lou McDonald speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Staff, Exchequer Savings, Departmental Agencies, Pension Provisions
(based on written questions asked by Mary Lou McDonald and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)
“17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [22874/22]”
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)
“10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently completed ESRI shared island report, A North-South Comparison of Education and Training Systems: Lessons for Policy. [22878/22]”
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)
“4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet subcommittee to oversee the State response to the Ukraine crisis will next meet. [22873/22]”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 180 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 425 written questions in the last year — above 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") 1576 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
(Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register