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 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
426. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if information requested by the NDLS has been added to the file of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
427. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the RSA will expedite a resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41716/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
429. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) must show proof of a test taken seven years ago in Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41770/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
509. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport for an update on an application for a wheelchair accessible grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42886/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
664. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance to examine the case of a person (details supplied); if farmers are exempt from the new regulations regarding residential land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41720/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
674. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance whether the help to buy scheme will be extended in Budget 2026 to first-time buyers purchasing second-hand homes, as per the circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42280/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
792. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if an OPW drain traversing a person’s land (details supplied) will be cleaned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41225/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1039. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for SEN transport by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41260/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1754. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a blind pension payment has been stopped for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41024/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2271. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring funding-support for daily transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41013/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2291. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of an application (details supplied) for a community centre to join the family resource centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41181/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2299. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Health Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2024 will commence; if maternity leave entitlement will be included for people going through the journey of surrogacy within the private and public employment sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41299/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2763. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the imminent closure of the day centre at Cahersiveen Community Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41895/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2855. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will examine the possibility of appointing an Orthodontist (details supplied) in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42394/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3100. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health on behalf of a person (details supplied), whether dental expenses will be extended under the medical card scheme to new patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43223/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3307. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the status of the business case submitted by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science seeking access to the single public service pension scheme for research staff in higher education institutions who are currently excluded from pension entitleme…
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3400. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the grants or supports available to students completing their third level college course in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43018/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
334. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether applications to transfer initial teaching licences from overseas to the Teaching Council can be accepted (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40468/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
536. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason the working status of certain employees (details supplied) is not considered 'permanent'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40330/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Transport
48. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport when a drivers licence for a person (details supplied) will be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40111/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
174. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the status of an application for funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38698/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
205. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current status of a citizenship application through the Foreign Births Registration for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39671/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Transport
293. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport for an update on an exchanged driving licence application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39046/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Education
437. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline whether a school bus seat will be guaranteed with a concessionary ticket for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38660/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Education
467. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school transport will be provided in 2025-2026 for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39031/25]