• Fianna Fail TD for Limerick City
• Email me whenever Willie O'Dea speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests

No data to display yet.

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 Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Jun 2025)

“17. To ask the Minister for Health if it is her intention to bring Children’s Health Ireland under the remit of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34602/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Jun 2025)

“24. To ask the Minister for Health her response to the ESRI report on future capacity requirements for GP services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34603/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Jun 2025)

“430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is correct to state that a teacher (details supplied) would only receive an annual pension of €1982.65 after over 17 years of teaching; if there is a way for this individual to buy back credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34185/25]”

More of Willie O'Dea's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

These statistics are updated only each weekend. Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site.More about this)

• Has spoken in 13 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 207 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.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)

Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register

View the history of this member's entries in the Register