• 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, Social Welfare Benefits Numbers

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

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (12 Jun 2025)

“219. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has been refused a disability pension even though they developed psychosis after taking the drug larium while serving in Chad in 2009; and if he will request his Departmental officials to review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31393/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (11 Jun 2025)

“17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that a small number of students who were granted J1 visas are now not permitted to travel by the US authorities; whether his Department is engaging with the US authorities to have this restriction lifted, as has been done for Indian applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31263/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Jun 2025)

“737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will introduce the regulations dealing with service charges and sinking funds; and if the Housing Agency will have enough resources in 2026 in order that it can commence regulating the OMC sector as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31289/25]”

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• Has spoken in 14 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 208 written questions in the last year — 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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