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
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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
DateWhat the vote was onTheir voteResult
26 Nov 2025 Building Energy Rating (BER) Standards for Private Rented Accommodation Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
No Lost
26 Nov 2025 Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Question put
Yes Carried
26 Nov 2025 Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
No Lost
26 Nov 2025 Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
No Lost
26 Nov 2025 Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
No Lost
26 Nov 2025 Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
No Lost
26 Nov 2025 Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
No Lost
26 Nov 2025 Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
No Lost
19 Nov 2025 Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Reduction of Voting Age to Sixteen Years) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
Yes Carried
19 Nov 2025 Cost of Motoring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put
No Lost
19 Nov 2025 Arts (Recognition of Comedy) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
Yes Carried
19 Nov 2025 Arts (Recognition of Comedy) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment to amendment put
No Carried
18 Nov 2025 Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed)
Question put
Yes Carried
18 Nov 2025 Business of Dáil
Question put: "That the business proposal by the Government Chief Whip be agreed to."
Yes Carried
12 Nov 2025 Order of Business
Question put: "That the amendment proposed to the arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the prop
Yes Carried
21 Oct 2025 Order of Business
Question put: "That the amendment to the arrangements on the Order of Business are hereby negatived and the proposed arr
Yes Carried
21 Oct 2025 Order of Business
Question put: "That the amendment proposed to the arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the prop
Yes Carried
15 Oct 2025 Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to"
Yes Carried
15 Oct 2025 Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
Yes Carried
15 Oct 2025 Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion
Question put
Yes Carried
15 Oct 2025 Business of Dáil
Amendment put
Yes Carried
7 Oct 2025 Developer Profits Transparency Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
No Lost
7 Oct 2025 Financial Resolution No. 4: Value-Added Tax
Question put: "That Financial Resolution No. 4 be agreed to."
Yes Carried
7 Oct 2025 Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise
Question put: "That Financial Resolution No. 1 be agreed to."
Yes Carried
1 Oct 2025 Insurance Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put
No Lost

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