• Fine Gael TD for Cork South-Central
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Redundancy Payments, Ministerial Advisers, Proposed Legislation, Local Authority Funding, Departmental Staff

(based on written questions asked by Jerry Buttimer and answered by departments)

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2025)

“What about Donegal?”

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Disability Services (15 May 2025)

“I thank the Senator for her contribution and for her ongoing advocacy for people with disabilities, including in her previous role of champion and advocate. Senator Rabbitte, who was the Minister of State in the Department, had done a lot of great work as well and the Department is reviewing this. In some way my answer to the Senator will be inadequate because she is right that the...”

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Disability Services (15 May 2025)

“I apologise to Senator Murphy O'Mahony for not having the physical reply for her. There was a breakdown in the transfer of the reply, so I apologise for that. I am wholly supportive of what the Senator wants to achieve. She is right: it is about being creative and looking at how we can do things differently. I cannot speak for them, but I know from talking to Minister of State, Deputy...”

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• Has spoken in 19 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 319 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 21 written questions in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 44 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Jerry Buttimer speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 327 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2387 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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