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Pat Buckley TD
- Sinn Fein TD for Cork East
- Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
- Email me whenever Pat Buckley 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): Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services Expenditure, Mental Health Services Funding, Mental Health Services Provision, Mental Health Services Staff
(based on written questions asked by Pat Buckley and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)
“I thank the Minister of State for being here. The report contains 109 recommendations, but the committee probably could have made more. A great deal of work went into the report, which is a blueprint for how the services should be run. It tells the true life stories of the witnesses who appeared before the committee, provides details of the expert reviews and so on. This was probably the...”
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)
“I have raised this issue in the Dáil before. Five weeks ago, I raised a Topical Issue matter regarding a young lady who was 17 years old. Her name is Katie Byrne, and she has been waiting for a hip operation for 14 years. That is absolutely bonkers. In that Topical Issue debate, I said to the Minister who was substituting at the time that I had approached the Minister, Deputy Stephen...”
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)
“It was sent directly to the Minister's mailbox.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 53 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 50 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 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 32 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Pat Buckley speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 264 times in debates — below average among TDs.
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