• 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, Single Payment Scheme Payments, Grant Payments, Tax Code

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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (1 Apr 2021)

“Due to restrictions on movement between units and buildings and the current regime of home working, delivery of physical post to units has not always been entirely reliable during lockdown. I regret to say that that the letter referred to has not been received by the appropriate staff at Dublin Castle. The Deputy may wish to inform his correspondent that the letter should be emailed to:...”

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (1 Apr 2021)

“It is OPWs intention to run a panel recruitment competition during 2021 for the above.”

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Funding (1 Apr 2021)

“I propose to take Questions Nos. 111, 112 and 115 to 117, inclusive, together. Local flooding issues are a matter, in the first instance, for each Local Authority to investigate and address. All Local Authorities, including Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council, may carry out flood mitigation works, using either their own resources, or by applying for funding under the OPW...”

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• Has spoken in 13 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 22 written questions in the last year — well 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") 394 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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