• Fianna Fail TD for Limerick City
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Asks most questions about

• 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 Defence: Departmental Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

“109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the implementation of theme 28 (hybrid defence) under the detailed implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17687/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (10 Apr 2025)

“432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether an educational welfare officer can intervene to first work with the family to address the issue of improving attendance for 15 yea- olds currently enrolled on the Youthreach programme, or issue a school attendance notice to the parents prior to escalating the matter to the District Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter....”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Apr 2025)

“162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason job seeker's allowance arrears due to a person (details supplied) has not been paid; if this can be paid promptly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/25]”

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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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