• 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, Single Payment Scheme Payments, Tax Code

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

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Feb 2023)

“In order to fulfill its reporting and planning requirements, Údaras na Gaeltachta gathers employment figures annually to end of October. According to Údarás na Gaeltachta, research conducted by ABSEI of Údarás client-companies in which ten or more employees were employed in 2021 demonstrated that Gaeltacht businesses had a significant positive economic impact. The...”

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Jan 2023)

“The auditing process on visitor numbers to our national heritage sites commences in January each year, once visitor numbers for all sites up to the end of the previous December have been received. While every effort is made to finalise visitor numbers in a timely manner, it is a voluminous exercise due to the number of sites involved. The process of auditing and verifying the number of...”

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Jan 2023)

“The OPW employs one full-time qualified tree surgeon as at 24 January 2023.”

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• Has spoken in 15 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 47 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• 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.
• 46 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") 451 times in debates — average among TDs.
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