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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
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Mar 2024)
“1404. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details); and when they can expect a hospital appointment. [12484/24]”
- 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]”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 49 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 91 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.
(Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
Register of Members' Interests
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