• Fine Gael TD for Limerick County
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Patrick O'Donovan speaks (no more than once per day)

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

(based on written questions asked by Patrick O'Donovan and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

“My Department is guided by relevant legislation, policies and the National Cyber Security Centre in respect of all matters related to the use or operation of AI. All applications and platforms used or operated by my Department must be in line with relevant policies and be consistent with advice provided by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). I am advised by my officials that my...”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Oct 2025)

“We will have a debate on the Special Criminal Court while you are at it.”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Information and Communications Technology (21 Oct 2025)

“The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The premises in question is in the BLUE area on the broadband map which is available on my Department's website . The BLUE area represents those areas where commercial providers are either currently delivering or have plans to deliver high-speed broadband...”

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• Has spoken in 19 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• 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.
• 52 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") 644 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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