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 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
561. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an employee's pension can be transferred to a different pension scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62198/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Justice
783. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an application for asylum for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61857/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Children
849. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason Tusla must take out a care order through the courts placing children into State care in order for their guardian to receive foster care allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61112/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Health
1021. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for medication by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61600/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Health
1090. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on an application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61935/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Education
238. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a newly qualified teacher (details supplied) will receive their full entitlements to a qualified teacher's salary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60753/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Education
239. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional special education places will be provided in the Castleisland region to cater for those with additional needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60759/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 5 Nov 2025 · to Finance
89. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if a Ministerial regulation or guidance under section 46(1) VATCA 2010 clarifying that supplies of completed apartments under combined transaction structures shall be treated as "supply of a completed apartment" for the purpose of the reduced 9% rate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60253/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 5 Nov 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
204. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to examine the case for a review of the limits for the SUSI grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60282/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
131. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57933/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Transport
371. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann will provide a direct service from Kerry to Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59079/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Transport
411. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a clear timeline and funding pathway for the repair of the L6061 road will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59625/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
737. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether at least one of the suppressed posts at a school (details supplied) will be reconsidered to help alleviate unsustainable strain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58539/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
756. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a bus will be provided for school transport for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58704/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
849. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application for a school extension could go to construction (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59570/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
854. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the suppressed teaching post at a school (details supplied) could be retained until the end of the school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59648/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Housing
1051. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the defective block scheme for houses affected by pyrite will proceed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58803/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Housing
1083. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether one off slurry storage units are exempt from planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59114/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1163. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 14 October 2025, the reason the changes outlined in the procurement documents are prohibiting smaller schools from accessing school lunches (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58068/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1164. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports which are available to a parent/guardian when the second parent has passed away (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58189/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1167. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to review an application for the carer's support grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58277/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1184. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the law restricts civil solemnisation exclusively to HSE-employed registrars; whether there are policy or safeguarding reasons underpinning this; if there are plans to review or update legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58394/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1197. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine an application for the state contributory pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58650/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Children
1481. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be provided to open an overnight respite centre (details supplied) in Caherciveen, County Kerry on a permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58052/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1958. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the mental and physical health supports available for students in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59389/25]