• 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, Grant Payments, Single Payment Scheme Payments

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2025)

“Give it a few weeks and you will be back again.”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (6 Nov 2025)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 249, 255 and 257 together. Under section 46 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, the Minister for Culture, Communication and Sport with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, approves any superannuation schemes submitted by An Post. The operation of the schemes is a matter between the management...”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Weather Events (5 Nov 2025)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 120 together. The National Risk Assessment 2024 highlights extreme weather as a key environmental risk facing Ireland over the short, medium and long term. As I noted in my previous reply to Question 1060 on 8 September, telecommunication networks provide a key infrastructure underpinning our modern digital society and economy. As such, reducing the...”

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• Has spoken in 20 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• 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.
• 52 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") 644 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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