• 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)

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

“I thank the Minister of State for his response. He sought to reassure the House that there had been no reduction in funding. I assure him that despite the commitment in the programme for Government, Midoc services and facilities in Birr and Edenderry have been closed - period. I assure him also that it is not acceptable to cite a report that contends the service could be closed because it...”

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

“It was not an inclusive process.”

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

“The Minister of State has not answered my questions.”

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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.
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• 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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