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Barry Cowen TD
- Fianna Fail TD for Laois-Offaly
- Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
- Email me whenever Barry Cowen speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Departmental Expenditure, Medical Card Applications, Departmental Budgets, Social Welfare Appeals
(based on written questions asked by Barry Cowen and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (7 Mar 2024)
“20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the recent developments in the cases of political prisoners in Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10799/24]”
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (7 Mar 2024)
“14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the call by Yulia Navalnaya for European Union countries not to recognise the Russian Federation's presidential election in March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10800/24]”
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Policy (29 Feb 2024)
“I thank the Minister of State for his response and the clarity associated with it. It is imperative in light of the reaction by some to what was agreed this week that the Government clearly state in this House that any scheme will be voluntary, we can meet our commitment from State lands, anybody who does not participate will not be impacted in respect of their single farm payment, and this...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 50 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 93 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
- People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — 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.
- 41 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Barry Cowen speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 662 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
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