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 7 Oct 2025 · to Education
177. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case to urgently increase capitation funding for primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53142/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Education
201. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the disparity in salary for special needs assistants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53378/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Education
203. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the underinvestment in schools, the overcrowded classrooms, the stretched resources and the growing demands on staff (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53401/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
338. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine a guardian's payment application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53034/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
346. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53162/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
364. 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. [53274/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
375. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a bereaved partner's pension application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53559/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
481. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek to have the National Ploughing Championships hosted in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53065/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
486. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to reopen the east coast mussel seed fishery at the earliest possible date and take into consideration the importance of this measure to the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53222/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
555. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays and cubicles currently within the accident and emergency department of Kerry University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52961/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
556. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in Kerry in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52962/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
557. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists by grade based in each primary care centre within CHO 4 in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52963/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
558. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists based at Kerry University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52964/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
638. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken with the long overdue Killarney primary care centre following the recent decision to abandon the Áras Phádraig site in Killarney town; if the development of an interim primary care centre on the grounds of the old Saint Finan's hospital will now be proceeded with as a permanent primary care centre for the residents of Killarney an…
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
641. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to implement the necessary measures to improve cancer services across the country and save lives (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53395/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
698. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if urgent funding will be provided to develop a new, stand-alone oncology-haematology unit on the grounds of University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53771/25]
Michael Cahill Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
175. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand the provision of health services in the Iveragh Peninsula; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52238/25]
Michael Cahill Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
201. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for an update on CAMHS services in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52237/25]
Michael Cahill Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Health
253. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health in light of recent figures released by the HSE on the horrendous growth in the numbers of children on waiting lists in Kerry and in the Kerry-Cork region from 2022 to 2025 inclusive (details supplied), the reason the figures for Kerry and Kerry-Cork are so much worse than other regions; the plans now in place to address the waiting lists; and if she will make a…
Michael Cahill Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Health
254. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a dedicated pilot study focused on all aspects of the health service in the Iveragh and Dingle peninsulas, including staffing challenges, mental health, day care, primary care, home care, respite, palliative care, community hospital beds and ambulance provision, with a view to developing a model for service delivery in s…
Michael Cahill Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Health
255. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she recognises the concerns of residents in the Iveragh and Dingle peninsulas in County Kerry, who feel they have long suffered from substandard health services due to their remoteness from the centres of decision-making; and if she agrees that the need to travel long distances for basic care amounts to a form of geographic discrimination. [51843/25]
Michael Cahill Oral 30 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
6. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [48528/25]
Michael Cahill Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Transport
118. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will expedite the delivery of a new roadway and footpaths through Cahersiveen town on the N70 Ring of Kerry road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51824/25]
Michael Cahill Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Transport
195. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to expedite major improvement works to the main road in and out of Dingle and West Kerry, the N86, a critical national secondary road that is in a suboptimal condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51823/25]
Michael Cahill Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Transport
302. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to the proposal to provide a grant scheme to support the provision of electric vehicle charging stations at hotels, bed and breakfasts and guesthouses to encourage their use and relieve pressure on public charger stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49141/25]