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 26 Jun 2025 · to Health
345. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccination can be included in the national immunisation programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35126/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Climate
13. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will urgently address the long delays, currently over two years, in SEAI grant processing times in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34882/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Children
176. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the progress made in providing respite at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34873/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
215. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the strategies that are in place to ensure the continuous supply of prescription drugs to pharmacies throughout the country which have been negatively impacted by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34805/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
216. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to upgrade University Hospital Kerry to Model 4 Hospital status, thus enabling staff to administer radiotherapy treatment to patients who currently have to make the long daily round trips to Cork city hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34806/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
217. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will consider providing medical cards in Budget 2026 to all those qualifying for an old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34807/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
218. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an initiative will be considered whereby a subsidisation of fees for medical students in return for a set period practising in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34828/25]
Michael Cahill Oral 24 Jun 2025 · to Taoiseach
17. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [33567/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Transport
113. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the south Kerry greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34045/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Transport
124. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will take into consideration the huge demand for, and interest in, a new Local Link bus route in County Kerry by providing a service from Beaufort via St. Mary of the Angels, Whitefield onto Killorglin, and vice versa; if he will request the National Transport Authority to examine this proposal carefully (details supplied); and if he will make a statem…
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Foreign
205. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to give favourable consideration to Killarney as a suitable destination for the heads of states meetings and functions during Ireland’s EU Presidency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34205/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Finance
321. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance to address inheritance tax anomalies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34319/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Education
423. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to take into consideration the circumstances of a school in County Kerry (details supplied); to provide a third temporary autism class for the school for the academic year 2025-2026 only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34038/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
497. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if will address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33791/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
505. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33850/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
552. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he would consider extending housing adaptation grant schemes to include support for the purchase of generators for homes with a dependence on electrically powered medical equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34509/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Justice
624. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for family unification visas being assessed presently by his Department; if he considers his Department’s staffing levels adequate to process them in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33798/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Children
713. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently address and clarify the recent decision to decline reduced ratio funding to a school (details supplied) for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33770/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
782. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to give a detailed response to a serious matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33794/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
792. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address serious concerns (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33838/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
812. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine a fair deal case in respect of a family in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33998/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
815. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to carry out a full review of HSE recruitment policies, pay grades and working conditions for our frontline medical workers; to ensure all beds are available for use, at all times in Community Hospitals, such as Dingle and Cahersiveen in County Kerry, along with many others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34042/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
816. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to immediately introduce incentives to attract the required staff to such places as Cahersiveen Community Hospital on the Iveragh Peninsula in South Kerry, where the HSE has confirmed that beds remain unoccupied at the facility, including two palliative care beds due to staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34043/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
817. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to immediately introduce incentives to attract the required staff to such places as West Kerry Community Hospital on the Dingle Peninsula in South Kerry, where the HSE has confirmed that beds remain unoccupied at the facility, due to staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34044/25]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
897. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who retired in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34365/25]