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Fergus O'Dowd TD
- Fine Gael TD for Louth
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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
- Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)
“-----and they are a real danger. We have had very heavy rain in the recent past - it has been unusual and exceptional - but the response from the local authorities is not good enough. There is a road out by Termonfeckin. Deputy Murphy might know it if he travels there.”
- Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)
“It is appalling. People ring me every day with their tyres bust and nothing in their mind but anger at the lack of conviction of the council to make it safe. As regards road safety, we have a lot more to do. Let us do it.”
- Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)
“This is a very important debate. I welcome the Minister of State and the comments I have heard so far. Much more needs to be done because far too many lives are being lost. The more people who die in tragic circumstances, the more appalling the vista for the families affected and the people who are injured as a result of road traffic accidents. Tens of thousands of people have significant...”
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 582 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") 980 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register