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

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

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2019 (18 Oct 2018)

“104. To ask the Minister for Finance the non-voted current expenditure for the years 2018 to 2023, by Department; the cost items that make up the non-voted expenditure for each Department; if he will provide similar information for non-voted capital expenditure in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43069/18]”

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

“120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appropriations in aid in each Department; the relevant Department in each case; the 2019 allocation for each appropriation in aid broken down by capital and current expenditure; if he will provide similar data for 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43068/18]”

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

“121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government expenditure ceiling for 2012 to 2017; the actual corresponding expenditure for those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43070/18]”

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• Has spoken in 89 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 451 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.
• 32 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Barry Cowen speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 539 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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