• Fianna Fail TD for Offaly
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Barry Cowen speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Medical Card Applications, Hospital Appointments Status, Social Welfare Appeals, Social Welfare Benefits, Departmental Expenditure

(based on written questions asked by Barry Cowen and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Apr 2018)

“119. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [18109/18]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (25 Apr 2018)

“144. To ask the Minister for Health the FEMPI cuts that were made to general practitioners pay since 2008; the estimated full-year cost of reversing each of these cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18225/18]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (25 Apr 2018)

“145. To ask the Minister for Health if he has consulted the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform about the cost implications of reversing FEMPI cuts for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18226/18]”

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• Has spoken in 102 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 454 written questions in the last year — well above 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 520 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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