TDs / Pearse Doherty

Pearse Doherty

Sinn Féin Donegal TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,436

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

224,644

words spoken in the chamber

Across 1,657 contributions

378

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

236

topics asked about

Across 20 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.

Tax Data 107 questions
Tax Code 61 questions
Hospital Appointments Status 33 questions
Tax Avoidance 33 questions
Disability Services 28 questions
Banking Sector 24 questions
Central Bank of Ireland 24 questions
Tax Credits 24 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Finance 637 questions
Health 238 questions
Education 78 questions
Public Expenditure 67 questions
Housing 64 questions
Children 57 questions

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,436 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 1,657 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	1
January 2025	10	20
February 2025	135	57
March 2025	93	120
April 2025	59	72
May 2025	117	111
June 2025	79	75
July 2025	132	106
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	89	38
October 2025	75	81
November 2025	79	163
December 2025	51	102
January 2026	64	37
February 2026	72	98
March 2026	53	95
April 2026	64	140
May 2026	78	75
June 2026	67	102
July 2026	60	16
August 2026	0	2
September 2026	39	90
October 2026	20	56

Debates they spoke in most

Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages 74 contributions
Energy and Fuel Costs: Motion [Private Members] 39 contributions
Confidence in Government: Motion 37 contributions
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages 25 contributions
Budget Statement 2027 21 contributions
Estimates for Public Services 2025 21 contributions

Plus 1,142 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 Donegal 29 November 2024 to now
party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
10 Jun 2026	Exclusion of Israel from Sporting Fixtures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
10 Jun 2026	Exclusion of Israel from Sporting Fixtures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
10 Jun 2026	Stop the Game Campaign and FAI Participation in Matches against Israel: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
10 Jun 2026	Stop the Game Campaign and FAI Participation in Matches against Israel: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
10 Jun 2026	Public Health (Alcohol) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."	Yes	Lost
9 Jun 2026	Order of Business Question put: "The amendment proposed to the arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed	No	Carried
27 May 2026	Fiscal Planning Framework for Economic Certainty: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to"	No	Carried
27 May 2026	Fiscal Planning Framework for Economic Certainty: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
27 May 2026	Cost of Disability: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
27 May 2026	Cost of Disability: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
27 May 2026	Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: An Tuarascáil agus an Chéim Dheiridh Amendment put	Yes	Lost
27 May 2026	Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: An Tuarascáil agus an Chéim Dheiridh Amendment put	Yes	Lost
27 May 2026	Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: An Tuarascáil agus an Chéim Dheiridh Amendment put	Yes	Lost
26 May 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	No	Carried
13 May 2026	Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Instruction to Committee Question put	No	Carried
13 May 2026	Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
13 May 2026	Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
13 May 2026	Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."	Abstained	Lost
13 May 2026	Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."	Yes	Lost
13 May 2026	Cost of Living Mini-Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended be agreed to."	No	Carried
13 May 2026	Cost of Living Mini-Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
13 May 2026	Cost of Living Mini-Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Lost
13 May 2026	Cost of Living Mini-Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Lost
13 May 2026	Dublin City Flat Complex Retrofit and Regeneration: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
13 May 2026	Dublin City Flat Complex Retrofit and Regeneration: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried

A vote on an amendment or a stage is a vote on that question, not on the bill as a whole. Open a vote to see its full wording. The record gives no reason when a TD has no vote recorded.