• 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): Hospital Services, Departmental Expenditure, Proposed Legislation, Human Rights Issues, Garda Investigations

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Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)

“I am. I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the following compromise speaking arrangements for Second Stage of a Bill as put forward by Sinn Féin at the meeting of the Business Committee on 30th July, 2020, suggesting: Government 20 minutes,...”

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

“For weeks the various political parties and groupings on the Dáil reform committee and Business Committee have debated the issue of proportional speaking, dealt with the issue of committee formation and a range of other issues to try to make this place work for everybody and be fair to everybody. The secretariat brought forward proposals a number of weeks ago relating to modelling for...”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (30 Jul 2020)

“475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grant scheme for local authorities in relation to localised sewerage and wastewater treatment plants; the number of local authorities that have applied for the grant; the number that have been successful; and the applications outstanding. [20034/20]”

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• Has spoken in 11 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 14 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 64 written questions in the last year — 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.
• 51 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") 425 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.
  (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.)

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