Michael Healy-Rae
Written
590. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review school bus transport for a child with special needs (details supplied). [65292/26]
TDs / Michael Healy-Rae
Michael Healy-Rae
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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
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- constituency Kerry 29 November 2024 to now
- party Independent 29 November 2024 to now
- office Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 29 January 2025 to 14 April 2026
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
605. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will give funding for bus transport for students attending a school (details supplied). [65382/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
633. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the timeframe for An Post pensioners to receive the payment rise that was agreed in May 2026. [64196/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
924. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the proposed changes to naturalisation will affect spouses, workers and so on, who are already living in Ireland for some years. [65295/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
1005. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing the farming for water's grant to people who were approved. [65722/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
1088. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will examine opening a childcare facility in a vacant school in north Kerry (details supplied). [65892/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
1349. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in public health nurses being released from posts when a transfer has been accepted to another county. [65278/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
1499. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason SOLAS was allowed to give exam papers to apprentices on modules that were not covered (details supplied). [64786/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
1505. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a student (details supplied) cannot defer their third level course. [65334/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
188. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if changes will be introduced to SEAI grants to allow persons with properties which already have had heat pumps installed some years ago to reapply for these grants. [62738/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
474. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a wrong way sensor and alert system will be introduced on all motorways and selected sections of the national roads network, particularly along dual carriageways. [62288/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
475. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay by the NDLS updating a category on a licence for a person (details supplied). [62290/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
806. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he acknowledges that the current taxation treatment of rental income is a significant barrier to the viability of smaller private landlords and is contributing to landlords exiting the rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63050/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
807. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider targeted taxation reform for small and medium-sized private landlords as part of Budget 2027, with a view to improving the viability of the sector and protecting the supply of private rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63051/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
848. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the deemed disposal rule will be removed as part of Budget 2027. [63713/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
375. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason the second bus on route No. 314 has not been showing up (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55314/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
453. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if the NTA will review bus route 314 which serves Limerick to Ballybunnion (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56518/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
795. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a correction was made to betting duty payments in quarter 2 of 2024; the reason it resulted in an increase in receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57476/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
964. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to review a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55159/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
1187. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a review on the decision not to grant July home tuition for a child (details supplied) will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55815/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
3333. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55826/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
316. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide funding to a school (details supplied) for improved parking facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54379/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
321. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the legal or contractual basis her Department has decided to withdraw the agreed local bargaining measures for SNA's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54495/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
322. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will identify the clause within the public service agreement, local bargaining agreement or any other written agreement that made implementation of the local bargaining measures conditional upon acceptance of the Workforce Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54496/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
Written
323. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Members were asked to vote separately on the local bargaining proposal if it was dependent on the outcome of a separate ballot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54497/26]