• 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

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (5 Mar 2020)

“586. To ask the Minister for Health when the necessary staff will be appointed to allow the acute stroke unit to be opened at Letterkenny University Hospital. [2835/20]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2020)

“587. To ask the Minister for Health when the remaining nine beds in the short stay ward at Letterkenny University Hospital will be permanently reopened; and when the necessary staff will be appointed. [2836/20]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (5 Mar 2020)

“588. To ask the Minister for Health when construction and refurbishment works will commence at Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if additional bed capacity can be incorporated into the plans at this stage. [2837/20]”

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• Has spoken in 9 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 24 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 9 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") 420 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 — below average among Senators.
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