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Fergus O'Dowd TD
- Fine Gael TD for Louth
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Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Health Services, Departmental Funding, Departmental Staff, Covid-19 Pandemic
(based on written questions asked by Fergus O'Dowd and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Mar 2024)
“309. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 29 February 2024, if he will provide the details on the following (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11223/24]”
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)
“We have received no apologies from members. On behalf of the committee I welcome officials from the shared island unit at the Department of the Taoiseach who are joining us today to discuss the unit's work to date and future plans. We are joined by Ms Émer Deane, assistant secretary, British, Irish and Northern Ireland affairs division, and Mr. Eoghan Duffy, principal officer. In a...”
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (7 Mar 2024)
“I thank Ms Deane for her attendance and for the detail she has given on the recent announcement. It is very helpful. It is really a sign of the progress for the future that we can make on this island. These are the days we get to see Michelle O'Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly playing hurling - or was it camogie - and we must not forget to mention the education Minister, Paul Givan, and his...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 73 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 587 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 11 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 58 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Fergus O'Dowd speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 978 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
(Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register