• 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

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Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Mortgage Interest Rates (25 Jun 2025)

“I thank Deputy McGrath for raising this very important issue. I am taking the matter on behalf of the Minister. As Deputy McGrath will know, the formulation and implementation of monetary policy is an independent matter for the European Central Bank, ECB. As it sought to combat excessive inflation, the ECB increased official interest rates on ten occasions, to 4.5%, in the period 2022 to...”

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Mortgage Interest Rates (25 Jun 2025)

“The Deputy is right to raise the matter. It is an issue vexing many of our neighbours and friends. The Government is acutely aware of the impact of the rising interest rate environment and the strain it has caused for some borrowers, and has responded with various initiatives to assist those affected. Following engagement with the then Minister for Finance in 2023, the mortgage industry...”

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Data Centres (25 Jun 2025)

“I thank Deputy Burke for his contribution and comments, and I will take his remarks back to the Minister. As I said earlier, next month the Minister will bring a policy document on private wires to Cabinet. However, private wires alone will not solve the issues currently facing the data centre sector in Ireland. To date, Ireland has attracted the best data centre and tech companies in the...”

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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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