• 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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (27 May 2025)

“438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the estates section of his Department has not issued the relevant documents in relation to the estate of a deceased person (details supplied) as the executor is unable to distribute the estate until this matter is finalised; if he will arrange to have it finalised promptly; and if he will make a statement on the...”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 May 2025)

“592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) to review a decision on carer's allowance. [25259/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (20 May 2025)

“655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when will a decision be made on a citizenship application by a person (details supplied). [25264/25]”

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• Has spoken in 15 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 205 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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