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 16 Jul 2026 · to Education
325. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will publish the correspondence or agreement upon which the decision by her Department to withdraw the agreed local bargaining measures has been based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54513/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
943. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding a CAO application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53654/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Children
189. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the full list of the 29 providers appointed to HSE27399, the national bespoke panel arrangement for the provision of autism diagnostic assessments for children and adolescents; and to provide the HSE health region/lot that each provider is appointed to. [51967/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Transport
197. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person is expected to pay such high road tax for a car with low emissions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51103/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Culture
409. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the 2% pension rise will be signed off for An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51074/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Housing
426. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider raising the retirement age beyond 62 to 66 for a retained or a full-time fire fighter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50770/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Social
526. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is an update on a non-contributory pension review on behalf of a constituent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51621/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
621. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if everyone who entered the SIM scheme (details supplied) will be paid in full; to increase the funds for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51582/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Children
639. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a capacity assessment will be given to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51092/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Children
679. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm whether providers who have left core funding (details supplied) will be penalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51654/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
768. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an assessment will take place with CAMHS for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51075/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Finance
272. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of continuing trends of landlords exiting the private rental sector and the increase in notices of termination recorded by the Residential Tenancies Board in Q1 2026, he will review the taxation treatment of individual landlords with a view to supporting rental supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50330/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Education
302. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address an issue of an overpayment claim on a pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50363/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Education
325. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application for registration through the Teaching Council will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50734/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Housing
330. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has conducted an assessment of the extent to which recent tenancy law reforms have contributed to landlords exiting the private rental market; the findings of such an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50329/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
453. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); her views on a compensation scheme for long-Covid patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50441/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
231. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a name will be removed from a herd number (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49995/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Children
255. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to revisit the decision to move away from congregated settings for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50185/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Health
306. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the S1 form requested by persons will be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50023/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Transport
178. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if extra services will be looked at during the summertime for a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48909/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Transport
198. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) is expected to pay such high road tax for a car with low emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49186/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Finance
278. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he plans to meet with a body (details supplied) to discuss proposals for Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49616/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Education
388. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address the need for a special class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49339/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Education
400. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional support will be provided for the Summer Programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49614/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Agriculture
654. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason work on a forestry boundary (details supplied) has not been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49259/26]