Only 7 applicants shown flexibility in all of 2015 in Limerick According to new figures obtained by Willie O’Dea TD from the Department of Social

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Social Protection and Social Equality Willie O’Dea has outlined the party’s priorities over a five-year term including reforms to social welfare

Politicians are fearing the worst, and rightly so, writes Willie O’Dea Some while back I observed that you can identify the TDs who have decided

The cuts to home help hours for older people in Limerick are nothing short of disgraceful and are another example of the Government’s failure to

It is sickening to think that there are a massive number of vacant housing units owned by the Local Authority sitting idle. This is at

“I am amazed that lone parents are not doing cartwheels of delight, given the golden age which the Minister has announced will be ushered in

Deputy Willie O’Dea: Any objective observer looking at the events that have transpired in this House and outside it in the past few days would be

As the last member of the so-called ‘Gang of 22’ still in the Dail, Willie O’Dea gives his impressions of the TV mini series Charlie

My speech on the Social Welfare Appeals Bill This is a very short Bill with one purpose, which is to expedite the social welfare appeals

Deputy Willie O’Dea:   I thank Deputy Cowen for tabling this motion. A total of 750,000 people in the country, that is one in six, live