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

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Medical Cards, Departmental Funding, Single Payment Scheme Payments, Grant Payments

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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (8 May 2024)

“Near Zero Energy Building/ Retrofit training is an important step in meeting the Government’s ambitious target to retrofit 500,000 homes to BER B2 standards by 2030 as set out in the National Retrofit Plan. The development of a national suite of NZEB Centres of Excellence is key to providing workers with the skills and knowledge required to reach this goal. Six centres are currently...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (8 May 2024)

“University College Cork (UCC) has confirmed that it is implementing the 2.25% pay increase backdated to 1st January 2024 as set out in the circular issued by my Department on 4 April 2024. UCC has advised that the implementation of a pay increase with a back-dated element must take a number of variables into account over the period in question including salaries, allowances, overtime,...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (8 May 2024)

“There are no employees of my Department currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations. The information in respect of state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document, should the Deputy wish to contact the aegis bodies directly with their query. ...”

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• Has spoken in 27 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 26 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• 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.
• 46 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") 539 times in debates — average among TDs.
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