TDs / Michael Healy-Rae

Official portrait of Michael Healy-Rae

Michael Healy-Rae

Independent Kerry TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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898
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
41,713
words spoken in the chamber
33,601 as a minister, 8,112 as a TD
302
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
201
topics asked about
Across 18 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.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

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

Questions asked 898 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 254 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 24 0
February 2025 94 11
March 2025 47 2
April 2025 35 9
May 2025 45 3
June 2025 39 9
July 2025 64 3
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 53 3
October 2025 43 48
November 2025 53 29
December 2025 38 27
January 2026 35 10
February 2026 26 61
March 2026 17 9
April 2026 31 3
May 2026 81 3
June 2026 54 13
July 2026 29 1
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 43 1
October 2026 47 7

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 91 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

  1. constituency Kerry 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Independent 29 November 2024 to now
  3. office Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 29 January 2025 to 14 April 2026
Michael Healy-Rae Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Education
278. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth when will the second round of offers be announced; and will consideration be given to a school (details supplied) who require urgent works done to the toilet facilities. [75019/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Housing
100. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the terms and conditions for long term tenants living in a Part V local authority house who want to purchase their property under the tenant purchase scheme. [74809/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
138. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work carried out in relation to the formulation of a new forestry programme; and the engagement that has been carried out at an EU level. [74536/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
251. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will consider a fully funded DEXA screening programme for women over 50 (details supplied). [74812/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
281. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be called for a bus driving test. [73625/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Enterprise
454. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details on the €15 million package for rural pubs; and the way in which the package will work. [74202/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
641. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person's application for Carer's Benefit (details supplied). [74055/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
643. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason people who have private pensions cannot sign up for the MyFutureFund pension and therefore do not receive the same supports (details supplied). [74121/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
789. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a forest (details supplied). [73759/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
801. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to update the Control of Dogs Act 1986 to ensure that all credited assistance dogs receive a full exemption from dog licensing requirements (details supplied). [74192/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
802. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider a public animal cruelty register so that animal abusers can be banned from ever owning an animal. [74020/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
803. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure dog fighting networks are stopped in Munster. [74019/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
804. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he will support Felix's Law and reclassify pets as sentient beings under Irish Law, making pet theft a standalone offence with appropriate penalties for animal cruelty. [74018/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
895. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be offered a transfer. [73614/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
1103. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health whether funding for UMAAP (details supplied) has stopped. [74022/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
88. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if the local link service travelling from Ardgroom in County Cork will travel earlier to make connecting services in Kenmare and Killarney in order to allow persons to arrive in Cork earlier to start work, attend college and so on. [71620/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
94. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport when an RTSS scheme payment will be made to a haulier (details supplied). [71659/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
137. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will restore the CVRT/DOE testing centre on the Beara peninsula. [72312/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
140. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport his views on concerns regarding roaming deer on road safety issues; and the steps he will take to address the matter. [72384/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
141. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport further to Budget 2027, the funding available for regional and local road allocations to local authorities. [72398/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
149. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the review of the disabled parking scheme. [72443/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
154. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport when further funding will be provided for round five of the safe routes to school programme. [72438/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Finance
215. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance that RZL tax should not be applicable to local authorities; and if he will examine this issue (details supplied). [72410/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Finance
216. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to review the way in which fuel is taxed in Ireland with a view to reducing the Government take. [72426/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
239. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on applications for coastal protection works in Kerry (details supplied). [72393/26]