• Sinn Fein TD for Donegal
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 25 April 2016 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 8 September 2020 — Resigned
• Email me whenever Pádraig Mac Lochlainn speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests

No data to display yet.

Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Fishing Industry, Defective Building Materials, Hospital Services, Hospital Staff, Passport Services

(based on written questions asked by Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2024)

“252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 23 October 2024, the number of these illness benefit claims which lasted for one year; the number of these claims which ceased as a result of having up to 259 weeks of social insurance contributions; the number of these illness benefit claims which lasted for the maximum two...”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 Nov 2024)

“355. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria for the removal of a service user from the CDNT in County Donegal to another team, that is, primary care; and the decision makers involved in this process. [45669/24]”

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 Nov 2024)

“356. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the numbers of children removed from the CDNT in Donegal east since 1 January 2024; and a breakdown of what services these numbers were transferred to (i.e. primary care or discharged from all HSE teams). [45670/24]”

More of Pádraig Mac Lochlainn's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

These statistics are updated only each weekend. Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site.More about this)

• Has spoken in 68 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 14 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 321 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 4 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 4 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• 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.
• 54 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Pádraig Mac Lochlainn speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 585 times in debates — average among TDs.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 172 times in debates — average among Senators.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)

Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register

View the history of this member's entries in the Register