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 13 Oct 2026 · to Enterprise
262. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to his Department's press release, to confirm the timeframe for the publication of the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill. [72402/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Education
392. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on a school bus route (details supplied). [72251/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Housing
474. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for funding to be made available to local authorities through the Housing Activation Office for projects to unlock housing. [72451/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Social
500. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for a decision to be made on a carer's allowance (details supplied) review. [71992/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Social
509. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the current waiting times on social welfare applications. [72415/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Justice
587. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the construction of a new courthouse in Tralee, County Kerry. [72420/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Justice
590. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if Kerry applications are still being considered under the immigrant investor programme; and, if so, to provide details of the applications being considered. [72459/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
611. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the decrease in current expenditure in the farm safety budget from €3 million to €2.3 million for 2027. [72394/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
612. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forest owners who have applied for the forestry reconstitution scheme, broken down by the number of applications accepted, rejected, and by county, with total ha coverage and and monetary value. [72395/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
613. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reopening the fuel support scheme for a short period of time for new applicants. [72432/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Health
869. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide supports to a person (details supplied). [72313/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Rural
923. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if a further allocation for the local improvement scheme will be made to Local Authorities before the end of 2026. [72379/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Rural
924. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when decisions on recent CLAR applications be announced. [72418/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Rural
925. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when decisions on applications under the Community Centre Investment Fund be made. [72457/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Social
403. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps a school (details supplied) should take, now that they cannot source a provider for hot or cold school meals. [69989/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
579. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the frequency of the way in which salaries are paid for home support workers in the HSE (details supplied). [69972/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
590. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason 75 newly qualified nurses from University College Galway were informed there was no employment for them after being offered posts a number of weeks ago. [70031/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
644. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified nurses and midwives in Cork that have been placed on recruitment panels but have not been offered positions. [70337/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
645. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide employment for newly qualified nurses and midwives who have just completed their internships in Cork. [70340/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
646. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason newly qualified nurses and midwives are being directed towards staff bank work, rather than being offered positions where vacancies exist. [70339/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
648. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent staff nurse and midwife vacancies that exist in the hospitals across Cork. [70338/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Sep 2026 · to Transport
20. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport when a grant be provided to a haulage operator (details supplied). [69044/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Finance
318. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance will he restore the 9% VAT rate for the letting of camping and touring pitches to tourists using their own camping equipment at Fáilte Ireland-registered and approved caravan and camping parks. [68378/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Finance
319. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance If he will consider increasing the property value for the help to buy scheme from €500,000 in light of the increase in construction costs and so on. [68405/26]