• Fine Gael TD for Limerick County
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Expenditure, Medical Cards, Departmental Funding, Grant Payments, Single Payment Scheme Payments

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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: Telecommunications Services (18 Dec 2025)

“The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the Government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The premises in question was originally located in the BLUE area on the broadband map, which can be accessed on the Department’s website at: www.gov.ie/en/publication/5634d-national-broadband-plan-map/ The BLUE area represents those areas where...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: Arts Funding (18 Dec 2025)

“As outlined in the Programme for Government, the Government believes that culture and the arts are essential to a well-rounded society, providing opportunities for education, expression and community engagement. I am acutely aware of the pressures that artists and creatives face in finding suitable workspaces. The lack of space has been a significant barrier for artists, limiting their...”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: Arts Funding (18 Dec 2025)

“As outlined in the Programme for Government, the Government believes that culture and the arts are essential to a well-rounded society, providing opportunities for education, expression and community engagement. The Touring of Work Scheme is an Arts Council initiative that supports the touring of work across Ireland by individual artists and organisations. It focuses on making great art...”

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• Has spoken in 29 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• 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.
• 53 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") 677 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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