• Sinn Fein TD for Donegal
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Agricultural Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 November 2010 — Byelection
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 November 2010 — Resigned
• Email me whenever Pearse Doherty speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Tax Yield, Hospital Appointments Status, IBRC Liquidation, Hospital Waiting Lists

(based on written questions asked by Pearse Doherty and answered by departments)

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

“I welcome this debate. I will start by quoting the words of Dr. Anne Doherty, who is a psychiatric professional: We all make decisions every day about who is sick enough to warrant that bed of the four people in front of us. Ideally, you would admit all four. That deals with the reality faced by many people. I refer to the services simply not being there, whether those are inpatient...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

“The Taoiseach should do something about it.”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

“You are out of time. The voters are not stupid.”

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• Has spoken in 152 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 588 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 5 comments on this TD's speeches — well above 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.
• 106 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Pearse Doherty speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1400 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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