Michael Cahill
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Fianna Fáil · Kerry · serving since 2024-11-29
- Vote recorded in 382 of 401 divisions in the archive
- 162 debate contributions
- 3,048 parliamentary questions asked
Record timeline
- constituency Kerry 2024-11-29 to present
- party Fianna Fáil 2024-11-29 to present
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2025-06-10 · to Education
620. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to investigate and allow for paid bereavement leave for a school secretary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29899/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Education
621. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to engage with various Ministers to provide a once off stand alone grant to a sports and leisure complex in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29906/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Culture
702. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will take into consideration the major importance of short-term letting to the tourism industry in Kerry; if he will oppose the proposed planning clampdown as it will have devastating financial consequences on Kerry tourism, local businesses and families that depend on this yearly income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29426/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Culture
711. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to engage with various Ministers to provide a once off stand alone grant to a sports and leisure complex in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29905/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Culture
712. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken to support the arts and artists in County Kerry; the plans he has to promote and support the arts and artists in the county going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29958/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Housing
747. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with the Minister for Health, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for housing, that are no longer being utilised and are surplus to requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29066/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Housing
767. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authority planning permission can facilitate the building of clusters of houses in rural areas where the developer provides adequate wastewater treatment, as at present the vast majority of villages do not have wastewater treatment facilities and it is not possible to get planning permission for clusters of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29297/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Housing
768. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities will be encouraged and supported to provide low-cost sites to help those with a housing need, particularly first-time builders/buyers, as fully serviced, ready-to-build sites at a reduced cost would prove enormously successful in allowing people to construct their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29299/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Housing
823. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the cleaning of the canal by Ross Castle, Killarney, County Kerry into the lake (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29812/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Housing
838. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the housing crisis and provide affordable and social housing by directing local authorities in Kerry and across the country to zone lands and grant planning permission for good quality modular homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30236/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Justice
1006. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will expedite and provide the necessary funding for the long-awaited CCTV system for Killarney town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29443/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Justice
1029. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to support an application by a football club (details supplied) under the immigrant investor programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29918/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Justice
1030. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite Irish visitor visas in respect of a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29920/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Agriculture
1120. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the long-awaited ban on pair trawling and explain in detail the reason this decision has not been introduced to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29929/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Agriculture
1132. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Deer Management Strategy Group, set up by his predecessor is considering the total removal of the Japanese Sika species to protect native red deer and native oak forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30235/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Health
1285. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for housing, that are no longer being utilised and are surplus to requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29067/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Health
1316. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to detect breast cancer at the earliest possible time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29157/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Health
1383. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to reopen as a matter of urgency the two hospice units in St. Anne’s Community Hospital in Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details supplied), as this is an incalculable loss to the people of Iveragh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29463/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Health
1474. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and open the two hospice units at St. Anne's Community Hospital, Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29810/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Health
1489. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide a bed in West Kerry Community Hospital as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29897/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Health
1616. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to expedite the medical card renewal application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30529/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Further and Higher Education
1651. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will acknowledge the importance of the hospitality industry to County Kerry and Ireland by expediting the development of a training centre for the hospitality sector at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29437/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Rural
1678. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the specific arrangements that have been put in place—either by his Department or in conjunction with Foras na Gaeilge and or Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh—to ensure the allocation of resources required to implement the Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh language plan, particularly in light of the February 2023 meeting between Foras na Gaeilge and his Department, the outcomes of which have yet to be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29450/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Rural
1682. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide funding for Women's Sheds in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29814/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Rural
1683. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide funding to Killarney Women's Shed in County Kerry and to take into consideration that this is a very progressive, active group and assist this group in securing a home for their activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29815/25]