• Fine Gael TD for Limerick County
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Patrick O'Donovan speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Medical Cards, Departmental Funding, Single Payment Scheme Payments, Grant Payments

(based on written questions asked by Patrick O'Donovan and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (28 May 2024)

“My Department has not made any direct capital investment in data or IT infrastructure since its establishment in 2020.”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (28 May 2024)

“A student attending a private college, such as the one referred to by the Deputy, which is not listed in the Student Support Regulations 2024 would not be eligible for funding under the Student Grant Scheme 2024. It is open to higher education institutions that operate on a 'for profit' basis to use their own resources to provide financial supports to any of their students that they...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (28 May 2024)

“A pilot part time grant scheme will be introduced effective from September 2024. It will provide fee support to eligible part-time students attending specified publicly funded undergraduate courses leading to a major award. This is an important new initiative which will open the doors of higher education to many groups who cannot participate in full time programmes. The parameters of the...”

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• Has spoken in 24 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 23 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 46 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Patrick O'Donovan speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 560 times in debates — average among TDs.
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