• 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, IBRC Liquidation, Hospital Waiting Lists, Departmental Expenditure

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Order of Business (22 May 2018)

“When the Minister, Deputy Harris, apologised to the 600 patients who were left on trolleys earlier this year he said he was the Minister with a plan, he had the resources and he was going to build capacity. A total of 458 patients are on trolleys and in wards today as I speak, including 21 in my county hospital of Letterkenny, there having been 20 patients on trolleys last Friday and 30...”

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

“Those beds were ready to go a year ago.”

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2018)

“This morning there were reports of families sleeping in Garda stations. I understand in April and May there was a dramatic increase in the number of families unable to secure emergency accommodation. These families are then referred to Garda stations for child protection reasons. We can all agree it is a completely unacceptable situation. It is another example of the failure of the...”

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• Has spoken in 177 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1060 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 94 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Pearse Doherty speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 911 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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