• 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 Benefits Numbers, Departmental Bodies, Social Welfare Benefits Applications

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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Jan 2019)

“120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the tax treatment of widowers; if the way in which widowers are treated in comparison to married or cohabiting couples has been considered; his views on whether they are financially disadvantaged in comparison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2528/19]”

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Jan 2019)

“121. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extending the widowed parent tax credit beyond five years; if further consideration has been given to altering the tax relief available in the five year period; the estimated cost of extending the relief to ten years; the estimated cost of maintaining the relief at €3,600 for five years; and if he will make a...”

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (22 Jan 2019)

“177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a widow's pension and qualified child increase are included as means in determining their child’s entitlement to the SUSI grant; if maintenance payments are included as means in determining eligibility for the SUSI grant in the case of lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2530/19]”

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• Has spoken in 54 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 320 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 1 comment on this TD's speeches — 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.
• 52 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") 880 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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