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Mary Butler TD

- Fianna Fail TD for Waterford
- Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
- Email me whenever Mary Butler speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Hospital Waiting Lists, Hospital Services, Home Care Packages Data, Services for People with Disabilities
(based on written questions asked by Mary Butler and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)
“All the Cork Deputies are smiling.”
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)
“I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. I am delighted to be here, as a woman, to discuss this. The Senator focused on one line which she said was important. It is up to each family to make the decision and the Senator is clear on that. We agree that it is important the family make the best decision for the mother and baby. I am answering this on behalf of the Minister,...”
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)
“Of the initial 10.5 infant feeding posts approved through the national maternity strategy, eight are filled. Cavan-Monaghan, Clare, north Tipperary, North Lee, and Longford-Westmeath have one each; west Cork has 0.8; south Tipperary, Wicklow south, Dublin south east, Dún Laoghaire and Wicklow north have 0.5 each. That comes to the 8.3 currently in place and on the ground today.”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 86 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 53 written questions in the last year — below 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 24 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Mary Butler speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 378 times in debates — average among TDs.
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