TDs / Michael Cahill

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Michael Cahill

Fianna Fáil Kerry TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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3,207
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
41,594
words spoken in the chamber
Across 178 contributions
414
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
392
topics asked about
Across 20 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 3,207 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 178 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 52 0
February 2025 162 17
March 2025 132 6
April 2025 230 4
May 2025 121 14
June 2025 153 10
July 2025 220 14
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 216 8
October 2025 84 4
November 2025 230 8
December 2025 140 19
January 2026 189 14
February 2026 136 18
March 2026 159 6
April 2026 248 4
May 2026 201 7
June 2026 245 7
July 2026 129 2
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 115 11
October 2026 45 5

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 128 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 Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Transport
314. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to provide as part of the south Kerry greenway a footbridge adjacent to the Behy Bridge, Rossbeigh, Glenbeigh, County Kerry, to cater for the thousands of cyclists and walkers that will be using this section of the greenway when it opens in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29468/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Transport
315. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to provide as part of the south Kerry greenway a footpath from the Behy Bridge on the Rossbeigh road to the carpark at Incharee Cross, Glenbeigh, County Kerry, to cater for the thousands of cyclists and walkers that will be using this carpark when the greenway opens in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29469/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Transport
341. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to expedite the opening of the first completed section of the south Kerry greenway and ensure that it is opened in Q4 2025 as previously stated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29886/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Transport
342. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to consider reducing the length of the railway track in Killarney, County Kerry by approximately 50 metres, this would allow for direct level access to the bus station, without the €5 million plus that was quoted for the need of a foot bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29932/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Transport
362. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently examine the case for extending a local link bus service (details supplied) [30308/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Transport
364. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to examine the case for the establishment of a local link service in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30321/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Transport
366. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to introduce EV charging stations at all GAA grounds in County Kerry and extend this programme across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30418/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
426. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will fund coastal erosion studies and data collection relevant to Ballinskelligs Bay and the subsequent protection of Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29425/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
586. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently engage with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and address the disparity faced by school secretaries and caretakers, who are directly paid by her Department but who are being denied a pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29846/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
620. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to investigate and allow for paid bereavement leave for a school secretary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29899/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
621. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to engage with various Ministers to provide a once off stand alone grant to a sports and leisure complex in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29906/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
702. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will take into consideration the major importance of short-term letting to the tourism industry in Kerry; if he will oppose the proposed planning clampdown as it will have devastating financial consequences on Kerry tourism, local businesses and families that depend on this yearly income; and if he will make a statement on the m…
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
711. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to engage with various Ministers to provide a once off stand alone grant to a sports and leisure complex in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29905/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
712. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken to support the arts and artists in County Kerry; the plans he has to promote and support the arts and artists in the county going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29958/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
747. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with the Minister for Health, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for housing, that are no longer being utilised and are surplus to requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29066/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
767. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authority planning permission can facilitate the building of clusters of houses in rural areas where the developer provides adequate wastewater treatment, as at present the vast majority of villages do not have wastewater treatment facilities and it is not possible to get planning permission for clusters of houses; and i…
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
768. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities will be encouraged and supported to provide low-cost sites to help those with a housing need, particularly first-time builders/buyers, as fully serviced, ready-to-build sites at a reduced cost would prove enormously successful in allowing people to construct their own homes; and if he will make a statement on…
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
823. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the cleaning of the canal by Ross Castle, Killarney, County Kerry into the lake (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29812/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
838. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the housing crisis and provide affordable and social housing by directing local authorities in Kerry and across the country to zone lands and grant planning permission for good quality modular homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30236/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1006. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will expedite and provide the necessary funding for the long-awaited CCTV system for Killarney town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29443/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1029. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to support an application by a football club (details supplied) under the immigrant investor programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29918/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1030. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite Irish visitor visas in respect of a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29920/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
1120. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the long-awaited ban on pair trawling and explain in detail the reason this decision has not been introduced to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29929/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
1132. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Deer Management Strategy Group, set up by his predecessor is considering the total removal of the Japanese Sika species to protect native red deer and native oak forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30235/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1285. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for housing, that are no longer being utilised and are surplus to requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29067/25]