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 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
671. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently review the proposed short-term lets legislation and take into consideration a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6413/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Social
704. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the improvements being introduced in regard to the carer’s allowance; when the means test will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6058/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Agriculture
794. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently intervene and allow for an agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6251/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Children
880. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the possible long-term lease of a property in County Kerry (details supplied) for the purpose of bespoke accommodation for minors/underage persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6100/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Children
908. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide immediate intervention in the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6516/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1033. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will give a public apology for the manner in which professionals and the health system here let down children/young adults who were under CAMHS in County Kerry (details supplied). [5308/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1060. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine issues raised in respect of University Hospital Limerick and the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6206/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1063. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the need for a fulltime South Doc service in rural County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6224/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1110. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the policy for funding of automatic wearable blood glucose monitors (BGM), which is currently not available to any Type 2/3C rated diabetes patients, can be urgently reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6341/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1143. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide blood glucose monitors to type 2 diabetes patients, with particular emergency cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6521/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
78. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the urgent need for additional beds in UHK, to alleviate overcrowding in the accident and emergency department and the trolley crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4553/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
110. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the urgent need for major investment in the public dental schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4554/26]
Michael Cahill Oral 22 Jan 2026 · to Housing
150. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allow for modular housing and low-cost sites, to address the urgent housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4551/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Housing
160. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allow for more one-off houses to be built to tackle the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4552/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Enterprise
344. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs which have been created in County Kerry by Enterprise Ireland during each of the past 10 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5230/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Enterprise
345. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs which have been created in County Kerry by the IDA during each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5231/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Enterprise
346. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Enterprise Ireland plans to create new jobs in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5232/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Enterprise
347. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the IDA's plans to create new jobs in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5233/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Enterprise
348. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Enterprise Ireland's approach to ensuring some level of digital sovereignty for Ireland and the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5235/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Culture
378. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is considering adopting similar restrictions to those in Australia, for the use of social media by those under 16 years-of-age; if his Department is carrying out any research in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5236/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Housing
390. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when town councils will be re-established, especially in towns with larger populations in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68478/25]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Housing
407. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to proceed with the public plaza and theatre, on the Áras Phádraig site in Killarney town under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; if he will give favourable consideration to one and two bedroom apartments that are urgently required in Killarney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5234/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
505. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to outline the current protocols in place for cases in which a patient presents at an accident and emergency department and reports suspected drink-spiking; the reason hospitals do not carry out toxicology testing in these cases, even when requested by patients and families; if she will commit to establishing a clear national pathway across hospitals supported …
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
506. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that the medical card income limits rise in line with social welfare/pension increases, to ensure that said increases do not result in the loss of medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2857/26]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
527. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5248/26]