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 3 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
194. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Office of Public Works could liaise with a landowner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36777/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Education
90. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an issue can be addressed in relation to school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36292/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Health
223. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health her views on the Medicines Management Programme plan to move all high protein oral supplements to List B; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36243/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Health
230. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to granting an automatic entitlement to a medical card to patients who are prescribed oxygen (details supplied). [36256/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Transport
232. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the long delay in exchanging licences for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35859/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Transport
234. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify a matter relating to an application for a licence exchange (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35935/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Education
354. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a special school issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35580/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Education
356. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an allowance will be given to principals in recognition of leading and managing non-teaching staff (details supplied); if an allowance will be given to teachers and principals working in special need schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35585/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
427. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on an issue relating to a sports capital grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35934/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Social
534. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the issue of supports for families who are sharing custody of children with special needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35761/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Social
538. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a pension in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35998/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Justice
561. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views in relation to the length of time it takes to process holiday/visit visas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35474/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
814. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be offered to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35945/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
853. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to a centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36169/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Climate
196. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households, since 2022, that have availed of the solar PV grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35029/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Transport
206. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the precautions Bus Éireann has in place to deal with anti-social behaviour towards its employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35076/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Education
223. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will examine a pay-related matter of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35012/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Housing
264. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason holiday lets cannot be registered with the RTB if people are living in them long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35035/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Transport
22. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport whether a person (details supplied) can be granted a driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34559/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Transport
270. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport to examine the case for the establishment of a new bus stop in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34208/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Transport
279. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the lack of resources for bus and truck driver testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34294/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Social
585. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if a referral sent to the scope section by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34083/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Justice
610. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the long-standing practice of issuing licences for firearms should change (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33583/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Transport
218. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in a licence being exchanged (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33283/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Transport
219. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason there is a freeze on commercial driving tests for trucks and busses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33284/25]