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 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
873. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 17 September 2025, if Ireland has a stockpile or contingency plan for essential medicines unavailable here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55111/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
905. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason the law restricts civil solemnisation exclusively to HSE-employed registrars; if there are policy or safeguarding reasons underpinning this; and if there are plans to review or update legislation (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55441/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
911. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the home help support tutoring service will be reinstated for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55470/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
916. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether an exception or discretionary review could be granted for a student who missed out on the 1916 bursary due to an administrative error (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54934/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Health
356. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the HSE or a State agency could hire an instructor and a nurse to assist those with health issues in using the hydro pool at MTU Tralee (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54533/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Transport
163. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a licence exchange can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53976/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Enterprise
188. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for clarification on matters in relation to the EU fire regulation standard which is accepted as the equivalent of I.S.419:1988 for importing of furniture from European countries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53988/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Education
205. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if someone working with an ETB on a fixed-term contract for the fifth time could be given a full-time job (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54085/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Health
314. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for her Department funding specialist medical care for eating disorders abroad for a person (details supplied) which address the immediate medical risks and provide long-term treatment and outpatient programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54079/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Health
316. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the plans to address the HSE orthodontist waiting list, currently at five to six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54134/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
389. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether employment opportunities will become available in the near future with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52934/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
546. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are any further plans to extend the scheme of paid leave for public health employees who are still unfit for work post-Covid 19 infections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53663/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
705. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the changes to be made in the provision of DAFNE courses for Type 1 diabetic patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53862/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
706. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 808 of 20 May 2025, for an update following the Departments consultation with it’s legal advisers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53869/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Transport
237. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a licence exchange can be expedited (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52644/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Education
288. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for classroom extensions for autism classrooms in a school (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52696/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
413. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the pay imbalances for healthcare assistants in Cork and Kerry will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52684/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
475. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a SUSI grant application for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [52626/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Children
157. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the gaps in support for kinship carers and their families will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52164/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Children
163. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures which will be taken to ensure pay parity for those providing childcare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52458/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Health
187. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if her Department plans to include myalgic encephalomyelitis on the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52307/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Health
198. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the measures which will be taken to ensure protections remain in place for persons who rely on phased systems for medication dispensing, ahead of the planned removal of phased dispensing under the Community Pharmacy Agreement Act 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52446/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Climate
213. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding remedial works on a bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51244/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Transport
257. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a bus timetable can be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51459/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
348. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No.194 of 3 July 2025, if there is an update on this matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51351/25]