• Sinn Fein TD for Donegal
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 8 September 2020 — Resigned
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Fishing Industry, Defective Building Materials, Hospital Services, Hospital Staff, Health Services

(based on written questions asked by Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jul 2025)

“262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance for a County Donegal constituent (details supplied) will be processed based on their current means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38455/25]”

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2025: First Stage (9 Jul 2025)

“I am very proud to join in this renewed effort along with Deputies Ward and Guirke. I welcome to the Public Gallery the McGill Lynch family, whom I worked with in the past, and also Jim and Vera Connell, who have joined them. Jim and Vera are here because the issue has not gone away. There was a missed opportunity when I introduced this legislation as a Senator. The Government said it...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

“I welcome the clarification because there is a lot of anxiety in Donegal about it. As the Taoiseach will know, all Government and Opposition representatives in Donegal are making the case because we are really concerned that there is a threat to our emergency services. It is a genuine threat because of the crisis in surgical services. I agree with what the Taoiseach said about the...”

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• Has spoken in 85 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 14 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 306 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 4 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 4 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 54 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Pádraig Mac Lochlainn speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 616 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 172 times in debates — average among Senators.
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