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TDs / Mary Lou McDonald
Mary Lou McDonald
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193
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
141,893
words spoken in the chamber
Across 1,424 contributions
172
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
56
topics asked about
Across 12 departments
From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.
What they ask about
The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.
Who they ask
The departments their questions were addressed to.
Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 193 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 1,424 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 0 | 10 |
| January 2025 | 0 | 17 |
| February 2025 | 15 | 76 |
| March 2025 | 22 | 80 |
| April 2025 | 22 | 73 |
| May 2025 | 19 | 157 |
| June 2025 | 14 | 113 |
| July 2025 | 4 | 111 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 12 | 47 |
| October 2025 | 9 | 85 |
| November 2025 | 4 | 71 |
| December 2025 | 1 | 25 |
| January 2026 | 13 | 59 |
| February 2026 | 22 | 92 |
| March 2026 | 3 | 53 |
| April 2026 | 10 | 84 |
| May 2026 | 3 | 88 |
| June 2026 | 4 | 68 |
| July 2026 | 1 | 38 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 5 | 31 |
| October 2026 | 10 | 44 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 1,197 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.
Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Dublin Central 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
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-----ask the Minister to come up with the money-----
-----to save these people from eviction.
I did not notice.
A 5 ft woman.
We are aware of that.
No, it is about Irish neutrality.
Hear, hear.
Today a family and a community in Waterford city are dealing with unimaginable grief and trauma. Two adults and two children have lost their lives in an arson attack and two more children fight for their lives. It is a scene of utter devastation and heartbreak in Waterford. Gardaí are now carrying out a murder investigation. This community needs every support possible. We stand with it at this desperate time. We thin…
The Taoiseach has known since June that a new pay deal had to be struck with public sector workers, and yet we find ourselves almost four months on here, at the eleventh hour, on the brink of this strike action tomorrow. The reason we are here is because of a failure of this Government to engage, to agree and to enter into those talks processes in good faith. It is glaringly obvious that the issue of pay for public s…
I ask him now to be constructive, make it clear that pay will be the first matter, not the only matter-----
-----but the first matter for negotiations, and try to avert this strike action.
So why are we facing into a strike?
Mayo for Sam.
Before I proceed, I want to remember the ten people who lost their lives in the Creeslough tragedy four years ago today. I want to express solidarity with their families and friends and the entire community. Four years on, they are still waiting for answers and justice. They deserve just that.
Tar éis 11 lá, tá muintir Gharbhachaidh fós ina seasamh go daingean chun an tsíocháin a chosaint. Ní mór don …
In the complexities of the Irish question and the North, there is one simple reality and we have to have a very clear-cut, unequivocal enunciation of it, which is that the rights of the Garvaghy Road community to live free from sectarian harassment are crystal-clear.
There is no debating that. We are not mediating that away. We have a responsibility to assert that without equivocation. I am focusing my remarks - and I believe the Taoiseach should focus his attention likewise - on the British Secretary of State for the simple reason that he is the person who can intervene now to call an end to this march and to allow the space for the considerable repair work that will have to be …
Absolute rubbish.
Ba cheart go mbeadh tús áite tugtha d’oibrithe agus teaghlaigh sa cháinaisnéis seo. Ina ionad sin, áfach, níl againn ó Fhianna Fáil agus Fine Gael ach a thuilleadh den rud céanna arís. Fágann an cháinaisnéis seo an lucht oibre níos measa chun freastal orthu siúd ag an mbarr. Níl fís ná samhlaíocht sa cháinaisnéis. Níl aon mhórsmaointe inti le dul i ngleic leis na dúshláin atá romhainn nó le leas a bhaint as na deisea…
Tá tuismitheoirí trína chéile mar gheall ar an gcur chuige atá beartaithe don fhiosrú ar Shláinte Leanaí Éireann. Ní mór don Rialtas gníomhú chun dul i ngleic lena gcuid imní agus chun a chinntiú go bhfaigheann an fiosrúchán na freagraí atá de dhíth.
For years, we have heard the harrowing stories of children with scoliosis and spina bifida; children who were failed catastrophically by Children's Health Ireland, CHI,…
I too send our best wishes and solidarity to Treasa and all of Seamus's family on his sad loss. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
I spoke to Harvey Morrison Sherratt's mother, Gillian, this morning. This is what she said as regards what is proposed: "It's so far removed from what we were promised and expected that we feel like we're back at day one." That is really worrying and it reflects the reaction of many pare…
I have acknowledged that.
That has been acknowledged.
The year 2019 is the wrong date.
Cuirim fáilte roimh Every Child Matters. You are very welcome to the House.
Tá pobal Bhóthar Garbhachaidh go hiomlán i gcoinne an mhórshiúil de chuid an Ord Oráistigh atá á bhrú síos a mbóthar. Tá sé de cheart acu maireachtáil faoi shíocháin. Caithfidh Rúnaí Stáit na Breataine, Chris Bryant, gníomhú láithreach chun stop a chur le haon mhórshiúl atá á bhrú ar an bpobal seo.
Dignity, togetherness, resolve and strengt…