• 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)

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Library Services (17 Jul 2025)

“Responsibility for libraries development was transferred from the then Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to my Department with effect from 27 July 2017. Available details of the funding provided, by local authority area, under the Libraries Capital Programmes, from 2016 to date, are reflected in the attached document. In addition to this investment, the Rural...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (17 Jul 2025)

“The Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) provides multi-annual funding towards core costs of national, community and voluntary organisations delivering services and supports with a focus on one or more of the following: addressing poverty, social exclusion and promoting equality. The SSNO provides part funding for salary costs of a core member(s) of staff in the national...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (17 Jul 2025)

“Responsibility for the Community Services Programme was transferred from the then Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to my Department on 01 January 2018. The Programme is administered by Pobal, on behalf of my Department. The total funding provided by my Department under the programme, by county and by local authority area, is detailed in the attached table. [Attachment...”

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• Has spoken in 22 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well 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") 332 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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