• 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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Asks most questions about

• 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: Dental Services (2 May 2024)

“Planning for current and future public sector skills needs is a priority for my Department. My Department is closely engaging with the Department of Health to expand and maximise healthcare workforce capacity, including oral healthcare workforce capacity, in Ireland. It is important to note that my Department is not in a position to specify the workforce planning demand requirements for any...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (2 May 2024)

“The Erasmus+ Programme promotes and funds Green Travel which is defined in the programme guide as “Travel that uses low-emissions means of transport for the main part of the travel, such as bus, train, bike or car-pooling.” In this definition, ferries are not considered to be more green than air travel. Irish participants of the programme are encouraged to prioritise green...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (2 May 2024)

“As the Deputy may be aware, Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology are autonomous bodies in relation to their administrative and academic affairs as provided for in the Institutes of Technology Act (2006) and the Technological Universities Act (2018). This includes the administering of disciplinary matters such as expulsions, and neither I nor my Department have any role in...”

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• Has spoken in 27 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 26 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") 539 times in debates — average among TDs.
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