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Mary Butler TD
- Fianna Fail TD for Waterford
- Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
- Email me whenever Mary Butler 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): Hospital Appointments Status, Hospital Waiting Lists, Hospital Services, Home Care Packages Data, Services for People with Disabilities
(based on written questions asked by Mary Butler and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Mar 2024)
“As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. The Deputy will likely be aware that the industrial action by certain Forsa grades in the HSE has been suspended. The HSE has indicated that they have recommenced issuing replies to questions but there is a significant backlog of PQs and Reps to...”
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Mar 2024)
“As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.”
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Mar 2024)
“As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE recently ended the industrial action which commenced on 6 October 2023. As a consequence, members in these grades were not engaging with political forums...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 106 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — well 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 30 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Mary Butler speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 583 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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