• 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
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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

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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2021)

“Property developers designed the shared equity loan scheme and lobbied for the scheme. How do we know this? They lobbied Sinn Féin as well and we told them to sling their hook. However, they found a listening ear in Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. The Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform warned that property developers lobbied for the equity scheme...”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2021)

“Will the Tánaiste answer the question about the Central Bank telling us it will push up house prices?”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2021)

“The Central Bank said it is going to push up house prices, as have the ESRI, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Will the Tánaiste answer the question of why the Government is supporting a scheme that will push up house prices for young and old?”

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• Has spoken in 151 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 640 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") 1371 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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