• Fine Gael TD for Limerick County
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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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

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

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jun 2025)

“Following the Government’s decision to reconfigure the functions of this Department, my Department was formally established as the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport on 2 June 2025. My Department has taken a number of steps to ensure that this transition is as efficient and cost-effective as possible. Updated logos were issued to my Department by the Department of the...”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (12 Jun 2025)

“Following the formal transfer of functions from and to my Department which took effect on 1 June, my Department has now commenced the process of preparing a draft Statement of Strategy for the three-year period from 2025 to 2028. I look forward to considering the draft document in due course. The new Statement of Strategy will reflect the objectives as set out by the Programme for...”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (11 Jun 2025)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 146, 147, 157 and 158 together. The Government is committed to a sustainable An Post and post office network as a key component of the economic and social infrastructure throughout Ireland. The Programme for Government states that the Government will continue to provide the nationwide network of post offices with funding to ensure their sustainability and...”

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• Has spoken in 14 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") 610 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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