• 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, Social Welfare Benefits Numbers

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

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (10 Jul 2025)

“43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the SNE Return Conference at Iveagh House on 3 July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38050/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (10 Jul 2025)

“112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action being taken to support young people who want to pursue a career in the EU institutions in an Irish language role. [38076/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (9 Jul 2025)

“124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider appointing a national animal welfare director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38000/25]”

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• Has spoken in 11 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 196 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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