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 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
821. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case in correspondence (details supplied) to urgently intervene and bring an end to the hunger strike by representatives of the industrial schools and reformatory schools survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59190/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
851. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for the future employment of teachers taken on due to the large influx of students arriving here, escaping the invasion of Ukraine; if they will be retained by their present schools; if the pupil teacher ratio will be adjusted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59587/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
912. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will expedite the review and approval process for the additional school accommodation project at a school (details supplied), which provides for two SEN base classrooms and one SET room, given that the stage report has already been submitted to her Department and is awaiting technical and cost review; the expected timeline for the completion…
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Culture
944. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department plans to fund a major, one hundred years commemoration in 2027 of Charles Lindbergh's reaching landfall at Portmagee, County Kerry during his world renowned first non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58355/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1166. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently review a fuel allowance case and take into consideration the exceptional circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58268/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1183. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the refusal of a fuel allowance application can be re-examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58387/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1201. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently review a fuel allowance payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58931/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Social
1226. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently investigate and allow a pro rata payment of maternity benefit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59844/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1274. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to take urgent and immediate action to prevent any repeat of a serious incident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58270/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1348. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to address serious concerns (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59623/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
1408. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to take urgent action to address/prevent the numerous accidents that occur almost on a daily/nightly basis on roads across County Kerry involving deer and vehicles, 99% of which are going unreported, before a precious life is lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57874/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
1409. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to introduce a scheme whereby motorists are compensated for the numerous accidents that occur almost on a daily/nightly basis on roads across County Kerry involving deer and vehicles, 99% of which are going unreported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57875/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
1424. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if urgent improvement works can be carried out at Kilkeveragh Pier, Portmagee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58359/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
1438. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently introduce a scheme to assist farmers and landowners who need to carry out critical coastal protection works to their properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58948/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
1444. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently examine the feasibility of providing a landing facility in one in the oldest fishing villages at Cromane in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59191/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
1445. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite an extension to the slipway at Renard Pier, Cahersiveen, County Kerry, to accommodate a larger ferry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59192/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
1449. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the east coast mussel seed fishery can be opened as a matter of urgency, given that weather conditions are now deteriorating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59614/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
1450. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken to expedite the outrageous waiting times for the processing of aquaculture licenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59615/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
1457. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures the Government is taking to bring the increases in food prices under control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60058/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Children
1492. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to provide urgently needed respite for families of children/adults with profound disabilities in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58255/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1657. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and allow for nursing home care close to their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57934/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1660. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will assist and find an available bed for a person (details supplied) at West Kerry Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57956/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1704. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently review a decision regarding a person's pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58092/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1721. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has adopted a new strategy to deal with public waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58129/25]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1762. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card can be awarded to all polio survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58331/25]