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 14 May 2025 · to Education
85. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the significant barriers in progressing to the Professional Master of Education (PME) program due to the Teaching Council's current lack of recognition of Irish Sign Language as an eligible qualification (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24594/25]
Michael Cahill Written 14 May 2025 · to Social
123. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to make it compulsory for company's delivering the hot meals scheme in County Kerry to deliver to all schools in that area and not discriminate due to distance and remoteness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24679/25]
Michael Cahill Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
184. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason a person in County Kerry (details supplied) has not received any respite in Cunamh Iveragh, Cahersiveen, County Kerry, this family has not received respite in four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24553/25]
Michael Cahill Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
194. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the strategies in place to ensure the continuous supply of prescription drugs to pharmacies throughout the country (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24664/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
175. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if Pluvicto, the new, life-changing prostate cancer medication that has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, will be made available to all public patients at the earliest possible date; the estimated full year cost of providing this treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23673/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
183. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently examine the possibility of carrying out procedures that qualify under the EU cross border initiative in Irish hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23674/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Transport
374. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will arrange emergency improvement works to the bridge over the Royal Canal at North Docks, Dublin as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23399/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Transport
427. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will arrange emergency improvement works to the Railway Bridge over the Royal Canal on the North Docks, Dublin, damaged August 2024, as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24344/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Finance
479. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will urgently increase the tax-free allowance bands for older people in line with the increases to the old age pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23978/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Education
564. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine a recent RTÉ programme on two Christian Brothers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23381/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Tourism
635. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide funding to a traditional music festival of renown in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23735/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Tourism
646. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on a festival (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23999/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
736. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allocate the low cost sites that are available at Over The Water, Cahersiveen, County Kerry for many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23656/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
757. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to immediately request local authorities to refrain from increasing rents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23979/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Housing
772. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reinstate the refurbishment costs as part of the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24351/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
784. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently intervene and correct a genuine mistake in a birth certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23982/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
815. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be increased, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23976/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
816. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the means test allowance for single people over 70 years to qualify for fuel allowance in line with couples (details supplied); if he will take into consideration that it is the same cost to heat a house for a single person as it is for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23977/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
817. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine a case affecting carers allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24010/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Agriculture
921. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an ACRES payment in respect of farmers in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23455/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1033. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to make the new, life changing prostate cancer therapy, pluvicto, a treatment that has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, available to all public patients at the earliest possible date; the cost of this treatment; how soon will it be available to patients in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2346…
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1034. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently examine the possibility of carrying out procedures that qualify under the EU cross border initiative in Irish hospitals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23470/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1119. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the current situation whereby vulnerable elderly sick people in need of nursing home care, either short- or long-term, are being placed in nursing homes miles away from their families and friends (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23980/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1157. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the infrastructure needs at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied). [15084/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1158. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the redress that has already been delivered and is further planned for patients and their families who were found to have suffered at the hands of the children and adolescent mental health services in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20989/25]