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
Show as a table
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 Apr 2025 · to Education
223. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if alterations to an autism unit in a school in County Kerry can be approved (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18159/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Education
224. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if door access can be facilitated for a school in County Kerry (details supplied), as this has been a drawn out and arduous process for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18160/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Education
235. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if she will review the criteria for DEIS inclusion for schools that have seen a large increase in pupils due to the war in Ukraine and allow for these schools to access DEIS funding as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18257/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Social
295. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the school lunch programme for rural schools, especially in Kerry, as rural schools are faced with a lack of providers for the school lunch programme as the distance is prohibitive; if she will increase the funding for this service in rural schools to reflect the distances from local providers to the schools; and if he will make a …
Michael Cahill Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Justice
311. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if he will expedite an Irish citizenship application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Justice
312. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if he will expedite the issuing of a GNIB visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18268/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
405. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite a procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18253/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
406. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry and take into consideration that this person suffers with excruciating pain in both knees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18254/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
407. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the delay in an operation appointment for a person (details supplied) in view of the extenuating circumstances in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18255/25]
Michael Cahill Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Finance
59. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine correspondence regarding VAT for taxi drivers (details attached); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17812/25]
Michael Cahill Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Housing
151. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grant aid is available to support works on the birthplace of Daniel O'Connell in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17815/25]
Michael Cahill Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Justice
180. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a detailed report in regard to a proposed Bill (details supplied) [17802/25]
Michael Cahill Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Agriculture
218. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to examine a BISS application pack in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17962/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
385. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will examine an appeal in regard to a decision to disqualify a Skellig boat operator in County Kerry from renewing their licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16776/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
472. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if she will review and reverse a recent decision to suppress two mainstream class teacher positions in a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16635/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
503. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to examine a student teacher's July provision payment (details supplied) given this teacher has not received full payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16990/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
577. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will support the promotion of the Irish language throughout the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry by resourcing and implementing the Nascadh Uíbh Ráthach community-based language plan (details supplied) as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16775/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
582. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will examine a list of proposed actions in respect of the Irish language and the Gaeltacht (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17003/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Agriculture
763. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support and resource an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16751/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
893. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a detailed progress report in regard to the granting of the initial capital funding approval for a new 108-bed block that will help address the chronic situation in the emergency department at University Hospital Kerry; for a specific timeframe for this major development for the people of Kerry; when will works commence; the projected completion date; and i…
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
894. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if additional physiotherapy and speech and language supports to a patient can urgently be provided in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16720/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
898. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department doctors on duty on Saturday night, 29 March 2025, in Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16729/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
901. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the 185 new posts, hospital-wide, for which approval has been received at University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16748/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
902. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of the 185 new posts, hospital-wide, for which approval has been received at University Hospital Kerry that have been filled to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16749/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
905. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of people who discharged themselves from Cork University Hospital emergency department without treatment on 29 March 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16765/25]