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Fergus O'Dowd TD
![Photo of Fergus O'Dowd](/images/mpsL/219.jpg)
- Fine Gael TD for Louth
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Health Services, Departmental Funding, Departmental Staff, Covid-19 Pandemic
(based on written questions asked by Fergus O'Dowd and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2024)
“139. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his Department's response and proposed actions in relation to a report (details supplied) published on 6 June 2024 into xylitol as prothrombotic and associated with cardiovascular risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25845/24]”
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)
“We could.”
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)
“I, too, will comment on amendments Nos. 175 to 177, inclusive, in this group. The national planning framework is hugely important and I agree with voices here on the democratic accountability for how it is dealt with locally. The national planning framework decides development in the broadest possible terms. Consider the town of Drogheda, with which the Minister is familiar. The...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 73 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 536 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 11 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
- 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.
- 58 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Fergus O'Dowd speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 984 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
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