• 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, Schools Building Projects

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

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (28 Aug 2026)

“It has been six weeks since we last gathered here. Prices are going through the roof, there is a serious crisis out there and the Government has allocated just one hour today - seven and a half minutes per grouping or party - to deal with this serious issue. It has also tried to prevent amendments being taken by limiting it to 60 minutes. This is just unacceptable. We have been shut down...”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (28 Jul 2026)

“433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the marine Natura 2000 sites will be included on admiralty charts; the interim measures the MSO will provide in the absence of a definitive timeline for chart updates given the immediate need for fishermen and mariners to identify these protected areas for safe navigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56049/26]”

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Marine Institute (28 Jul 2026)

“2493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he is ensuring that the recommendations from the Marine Institute report 'A Socioeconomic Study of Seaweed Harvesting in Ireland to Support Marine Spatial Planning' is being implemented on a cross departmental and multi- agency basis. (details supplied) [55212/26]”

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• Has spoken in 123 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 14 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 303 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 15–16 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") 669 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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