The killing of Brian Stack was absolutely wrong. There can be no equivocation in that regard. No Irish republican would ever try to justify what happened. It was absolutely wrong. I commend Sheila and the Stack family on their campaign for answers and justice.
When I look at the litany of Garda failures, I want to also tell the story of someone I personally knew and loved, namely Councillor Eddie Fullerton from my h…
TDs / Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
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584
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
50,740
words spoken in the chamber
Across 447 contributions
442
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
153
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.
What they ask about
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Who they ask
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Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 584 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 447 in all
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
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| December 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| January 2025 | 5 | 11 |
| February 2025 | 43 | 38 |
| March 2025 | 53 | 18 |
| April 2025 | 28 | 39 |
| May 2025 | 33 | 26 |
| June 2025 | 37 | 17 |
| July 2025 | 35 | 24 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 12 | 22 |
| October 2025 | 38 | 16 |
| November 2025 | 40 | 17 |
| December 2025 | 14 | 42 |
| January 2026 | 39 | 16 |
| February 2026 | 35 | 43 |
| March 2026 | 24 | 18 |
| April 2026 | 16 | 29 |
| May 2026 | 39 | 21 |
| June 2026 | 40 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 12 | 9 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| September 2026 | 20 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 21 | 22 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 319 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
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Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Donegal 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Let us just get to the nub of the issue. Members of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil know that neutrality is cherished by our people - this proud legacy we inherited. Deputy Devlin talked about Frank Aiken and I completely agree. It is a proud legacy. That policy of neutrality was not to sit idly by. That was to allow us to have peacekeepers. It was to allow us to be in the defence of human rights internationally and be inv…
Stop calling them Nazis here-----
No respect for democracy. The Government is selling out the people.
Adjourn Second Stage.
They are not agreed to.
You know the promise you made.
You abandoned the nationalist community. As Fianna Fáil leader-----
-----like all that came before you, you abandoned them. Now neutrality.
You accused our party of being Nazi sympathisers.
1. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work with the representatives of inshore fishermen to introduce an inshore fisheries stabilisation and climate adaptation scheme; and if he has engaged with the European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis, or his office to make the case for such a scheme. [70178/26]
The question is clear. We have raised this in every single priority question for months. It is the issue of the inshore fisheries legalisation and climate adaptation scheme. This has come from the National Inshore Fishermen's Association, NIFA, on behalf of inshore fishermen throughout the State. The fishermen have never asked for this before; they have only wanted to fish. However, they are and have been at crisis p…
I am going to be honest and frank with the Minister. That is an absolutely shocking response.
For months, I have asked: is the Minister going to engage with the EU Commissioner on this matter? We have been told through the NIFA, which has engaged directly with the EU Commissioner, that there is no barrier to this but there has to be a case made by the Irish Government. It is clear from the Minister's response that has not been done.
I am absolutely shocked - unless the Minister has a follow-up response in a …
The problem is that an announcement was made in the budget of €20 million. When we consider the scale of the crisis in our fishing community, that would not even scratch the surface. The problem is also that the inshore fishermen and the islands fishermen do not have a clue if there is anything in the Berkery report for them. Inshore fishermen suspect there is nothing in that report for them. We have a situation wher…
The Minister must appreciate my frustration. My time is up.
Oh for God's sake, would the Taoiseach ever stop-----
-----and stand up for the nationalists.
The Taosieach needs to listen to the nationalist people in the North
It has been said again and again about this help to buy scheme that the Government is literally chasing the prices. It has no plan for genuinely affordable housing across vast swathes of the country. Even in the places it is doing it, the homes are not affordable at all. I can talk with authority about my county of Donegal. Not a single affordable house has been build on public land in the county. As matters stand, t…
The cynicism is out the window. The last time the Government allocated energy credits to the public was when they were going to vote almost two years ago. That was the last time the Government gave energy credits. There were none available here today. Home heating oil has increased from €900 to €1,600. The people that I represent who will be filling their tanks for the winter cannot afford that €700 increase. The Gov…
He is completely out of touch and it will drive people out onto the streets again.
Ireland has the most expensive electricity in Europe today. That did not happen by accident. We had a proud history in this State. We built Ardnacrusha, made possible by the visionaries who built that when this was a poor State with few resources. That led to the electrification of the entire State. We had the cheapest electricity because we controlled our own resources but then, when Europe talked about privatisatio…
Hundreds of thousands of families heat their homes with home heating oil. I can speak with authority. In Donegal, most families rely on home heating oil. They are facing into the winter and a fill costing €1,600. Last year, it was €900. It is a massive burden, particularly for older and vulnerable families.
People who live in Donegal are being penalised for making a choice they do not have. Where will older people g…
The issue is that the Minister has been listening to the wrong people. He has been to Donegal and he has listened to some of the homeowners but he has been listening to the wrong people. I am genuine about this and I ask him to go back and engage with some of the affected homeowner groups and speak to more than just his own party colleagues in the county. The scheme is leaving huge numbers of people behind. The Minis…