• Fianna Fail TD for Limerick City
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Social Welfare Benefits, Social Welfare Benefits Data, Social Welfare Appeals, Pension Provisions, Departmental Bodies

(based on written questions asked by Willie O'Dea and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (1 May 2025)

“44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a new mid west regional enterprise plan will be published soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21533/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (1 May 2025)

“113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans any changes to the qualifying criteria for the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21540/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 May 2025)

“134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of schools in Limerick and the total number of schools in Clare that are now eligible to receive hot school meals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21539/25]”

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• Has spoken in 16 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 198 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 61 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Willie O'Dea speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 967 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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