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Election 2020

Pearse Doherty

Party

Sinn Féin

Constituency

Donegal

Occupation

TD and Deputy Leader of Sinn Féin

Age

42

ELECTED

Biography

Doherty was first elected to the Dáil in 2010. He is the Sinn Féin spokesperson on finance, public expenditure and reform. He is a founding member of Ógra Shinn Féin. He served as the party's first Senator in 2007. He is a member of the Oirechtas Joint Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure.

Question Time

Q.

Why should someone vote for you?

I am asking people to vote for change. The establishment parties of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have had it their own way since the foundation of the State. As a Donegal and a Sinn Féin TD, I will stand up for the ordinary people to give families and workers a break.

Q.

What is your number one priority for your constituency?

My number one priority is in the area of healthcare and making sure that people in the North-West have access to a fully functioning hospital in Letterkenny and community hospitals, which have beds that are open and nurses and doctors to staff those beds.

Q.

What one thing would you like to do in your first 100 days of the new Dáil if you are elected?

We in Sinn Féin have committed to giving people their pension at age 65 and have drafted legislation that is ready to go. I will be pushing this in the first 100 days.

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