• 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, Tax Data, Hospital Appointments Status, Passport Services

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

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Nov 2025)

“Later today, thousands of taxi drivers will take part in a slow drive protest against Uber's new maximum pricing feature. Taxi drivers say this move is a blatant attempt to undermine the National Transport Authority, NTA, regulations and that it will be absolutely devastating to their incomes and for the future of the industry. They also tell us, and we know from other places where Uber has...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2025)

“In his heart of hearts, does the Tánaiste believe that is the case for young people who are listening to him? The couple I was speaking to last week, a 26-year-old and a 27-year-old, are back in the box room of their family homes, back in their childhood bedrooms. They were supposed to build a house, start a family and live here in Ireland but they are heading to Australia. The...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2025)

“Stop filling the pockets of landlords.”

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• Has spoken in 166 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 840 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.
• 113 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Pearse Doherty speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2040 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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