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Patrick O'Donovan

Fine Gael · Limerick County

316Lobbying returns
602Questions asked
1,409Votes cast
100%With Fine Gael
All Finance 50 Communications 36 Arts 26 Economic Development and Industry 25 Sports and Recreation 19 Health 19

Who's in their ear 316 lobbying returns

Finance 50 Communications 36 Arts 26 Economic Development and Industry 25 Sports and Recreation 19 Health 19

What they're asking about 602 questions asked · 24 departments

How they're voting 1,409 votes cast · 100% with Fine Gael · broke with party 1×

Broke with Fine Gael on 1 vote
Financial Resolution No. 2: Natural Gas Carbon Tax
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
  • ✓ voted for a budget financial resolution motion passed · 115–52
Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax
2026-04-14 · 2 votes
  • ✓ voted for a budget financial resolution motion passed · 113–54
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 52–114
Confidence in Government
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 92–78
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
  • ✓ accepted the schedule the week's Dáil business schedule motion passed · 93–74
Financial Resolution No.1: Mineral Oil Tax
2026-03-24 · 2 votes
  • ✓ voted for a budget financial resolution motion passed · 118–39
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 69–88
Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil
2026-03-24 · 1 vote
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 84–66
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-03-24 · 1 vote
  • ✓ accepted the schedule the week's Dáil business schedule motion passed · 85–63
Online Safety (Recommender Algorithms) Bill 2026
2026-03-04 · 2 votes · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB
A bill to amend the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 to regulate the use of recommender algorithms by video-sharing platform services
  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 81–63
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 80–63
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-03-03 · 1 vote
  • ✓ accepted the schedule the week's Dáil business schedule motion passed · 84–68
International Protection Bill 2026
2026-02-25 · 3 votes · Govt (Justice)
A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation …
full description
A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation to these matters; to give effect to Directive (EU) 2024/1346 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast); to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1347 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union and repealing Directive 2013/32/EU; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on asylum and migration management; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1359 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on the 28th day of July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on the 31st day of January 1967; to provide for the gathering of information from applicants for international protection; to provide for the removal from the State of certain persons; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Binse um Achomhairc i dtaobh Tearmainn agus Filleadh or, in the English language, as the Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals and to provide for its functions; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Oifig an Phríomh-Chigire Nósanna Imeachta Teorann um Thearmann or, in the English language, as the Office of the Chief Inspector of Asylum Border Procedures and to provide for its functions; to amend, or repeal certain provisions of, the International Protection Act 2015; to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, the Immigration Act 1999, the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000, the Immigration Act 2004 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–79
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 46–98
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 53–88
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-02-24 · 1 vote
  • ✓ accepted the schedule the week's Dáil business schedule motion passed · 79–65
Work Life Balance (Right to Remote Work) Bill 2026
2026-02-18 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB
A bill to provide for an entitlement of an employee to remote working arrangements where reasonably practicable, for this purpose to amend the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneou…
full description
A bill to provide for an entitlement of an employee to remote working arrangements where reasonably practicable, for this purpose to amend the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, and to provide for related matters.
  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 57–82
Ban on Investment Funds Purchasing Family Homes
2026-02-18 · 2 votes
  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 78–62
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 78–62
Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021 [Seanad]
2026-02-18 · 1 vote
  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 62–78
International Protection Bill 2026
2026-02-18 · 10 votes · Govt (Justice)
A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation …
full description
A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation to these matters; to give effect to Directive (EU) 2024/1346 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast); to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1347 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union and repealing Directive 2013/32/EU; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on asylum and migration management; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1359 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on the 28th day of July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on the 31st day of January 1967; to provide for the gathering of information from applicants for international protection; to provide for the removal from the State of certain persons; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Binse um Achomhairc i dtaobh Tearmainn agus Filleadh or, in the English language, as the Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals and to provide for its functions; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Oifig an Phríomh-Chigire Nósanna Imeachta Teorann um Thearmann or, in the English language, as the Office of the Chief Inspector of Asylum Border Procedures and to provide for its functions; to amend, or repeal certain provisions of, the International Protection Act 2015; to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, the Immigration Act 1999, the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000, the Immigration Act 2004 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 62–78
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 77–62
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 62–80
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 62–81
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 58–78
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 63–79
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 39–103
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 41–101
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 81–64
  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 76–61

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