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 Protection, there were only 7 cases in Limerick where flexibility has been shown throughout all of 2015 regarding the rental cap compared to 235

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 and pensions system. Deputy O’Dea said Fianna Fáil is committed to new measures which will reform and enhance the social

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 not to contest the next election by the Zen-like serenity they exude as they walk around Leinster House. That is

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 keep the promises it made in order to get itself elected.  Fine Gael and Labour committed to increasing home help

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 a time when thousands of people are on the housing list in Limerick and emergency homeless shelters are running out

“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 for them from next Monday on. I am positively flabbergasted at the Government’s mulish, dogged and persistent refusal to face