TDs / Willie O'Dea

Willie O'Dea

Fianna Fáil Limerick City TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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463

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

7,385

words spoken in the chamber

Across 36 contributions

299

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

174

topics asked about

Across 19 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Social Welfare Appeals 20 questions
Social Welfare Benefits 19 questions
Social Welfare Payments 14 questions
Housing Schemes 11 questions
Social Welfare Eligibility 10 questions
Special Educational Needs 9 questions
Defence Forces 8 questions
Health Services 8 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Health 89 questions
Social 89 questions
Education 44 questions
Housing 43 questions
Justice 28 questions
Finance 23 questions

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 463 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 36 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	0
January 2025	3	0
February 2025	41	1
March 2025	30	1
April 2025	31	2
May 2025	30	1
June 2025	14	0
July 2025	30	2
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	32	4
October 2025	12	4
November 2025	24	2
December 2025	26	4
January 2026	25	1
February 2026	26	2
March 2026	27	1
April 2026	32	4
May 2026	22	3
June 2026	22	1
July 2026	8	1
August 2026	0	0
September 2026	13	2
October 2026	15	0

Debates they spoke in most

Auto-Enrolment: Statements 2 contributions
Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage 1 contribution
Financial Resolution No. 5: General 1 contribution
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage 1 contribution
Policing and Community Safety: Statements 1 contribution
Situation in Gaza: Statements 1 contribution

Plus 29 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

constituency Limerick City 29 November 2024 to now
party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
11 Feb 2026	Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) Question put	Yes	Carried
11 Feb 2026	Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: From the Seanad Amendment put	Yes	Carried
10 Feb 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment proposed to the arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the prop	Yes	Carried
28 Jan 2026	Emergency Winter Payment for Disabled People: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
28 Jan 2026	Emergency Winter Payment for Disabled People: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
28 Jan 2026	River Boyne Task Force Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
28 Jan 2026	Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) Question put	Yes	Carried
27 Jan 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment proposed to the arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the prop	Yes	Carried
21 Jan 2026	Flexible Work and Commuter Delays: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
21 Jan 2026	Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
21 Jan 2026	Derelict Sites (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
21 Jan 2026	Flexible Work and Commuter Delays: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
14 Jan 2026	Uisce Éireann Infrastructure Delivery, Accountability and Repair Timelines: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to.	Yes	Carried
14 Jan 2026	Uisce Éireann Infrastructure Delivery, Accountability and Repair Timelines: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
14 Jan 2026	Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
14 Jan 2026	Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
14 Jan 2026	Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment to amendment put	No	Lost
13 Jan 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendments proposed to the arrangements on the Order of Business are hereby negatived and the pr	Yes	Carried
17 Dec 2025	Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
17 Dec 2025	Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Restoration to Order Paper (Resumed) Question again put	No	Lost
17 Dec 2025	Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
10 Dec 2025	Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
10 Dec 2025	Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025: Instruction to Committee Question put	Yes	Carried
9 Dec 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
3 Dec 2025	National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	No	Lost

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