The triple lock is a mechanism that governs the deployment of our Army personnel overseas. The reality is it is a system that is broken and the legislation being brought forward by the Minister is about fixing it. These changes will renew our peacekeeping. Tonight I think of my cousin who serves in the Defence Forces. Marie Carrigy served in the Golan Heights, Congo and Lebanon and is currently abroad serving on a UN…
TDs / Micheál Carrigy
Micheál Carrigy
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320
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
16,343
words spoken in the chamber
Across 61 contributions. Plus 75 contributions from the chair, not counted
422
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
83
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.
What they ask about
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Who they ask
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Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 320 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 61 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 37 | 4 |
| March 2025 | 10 | 2 |
| April 2025 | 17 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 17 | 4 |
| June 2025 | 21 | 6 |
| July 2025 | 28 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 19 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 19 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| December 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 12 | 4 |
| February 2026 | 22 | 3 |
| March 2026 | 5 | 3 |
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| May 2026 | 36 | 2 |
| June 2026 | 14 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 3 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 13 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 30 | 10 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 39 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
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Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Longford-Westmeath 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, for taking this Topical Issue, which is to highlight the healthcare situation in my constituency of Longford-Westmeath. For years, particularly in Longford, we have had to campaign for healthcare services. However, instead of existing services being improved or even maintained, some of them have been removed. Constituents come to my office constantly to ask about ophth…
I thank the Minister of State. I will highlight a couple of points, particularly in relation to renal services. He said the aim of those services is "to support patients as close to home as possible while ensuring they have access to the specialist care they need". I looked for figures on the costs to the HSE of the taxis being provided to take patients from Longford to Tullamore for renal services. Currently, two of…
5. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the progress of the rural regeneration and development fund application process; whether a timeline can be provided for the announcement and release of funding under the current round; and whether consideration will be given to projects such as Newtownforbes Community Hub in County Longford, a building …
I have a question in relation to the rural regeneration and development fund, the timelines on its announcement and whether consideration would be given to a project, the Newtownforbes Community Hub in County Longford, which is an area known to both the Minister and the Minister of State, which is a building of significant historical and community importance. We want to ensure that vital community services can be del…
The Minister used the word "ambitious" and this is certainly an ambitious project. This parish hall has remained derelict for a long number of years. A local community group came together and met with me and the local authority with a plan to transform this hall into a community hub. It is something that is much-needed and would create a central space for everybody in the community.
Longford County Council has grant…
I thank the Minister. I can guarantee, as the TD representing Longford, that any money allocated to Longford will be spent. A fantastic regeneration team has been set up in our local authority. As a local authority, we took a decision to raise the local property tax before the local elections of 2019. Ours was the first local authority in the country to do so. That allowed us to ring-fence funding to provide matched …
I commend this Bill. There are a few things I wish to highlight. The first is the levies that have been charged by Coimisiún na Meán, particularly over the past 12 months. We have seen a significant increase in the levy as a percentage of costs that it has put on original local radio stations throughout the country. These are significant costs in the region of 30% to 40% after those local stations would have put thei…
I support the amendment. There was cross-party support for the same proposal on Committee Stage. The Minister highlighted that work is ongoing on the issue, which should be acknowledged. The Minister of State, Deputy McConalogue, has outlined the significant engagement there has been. At a later stage, when those discussions have taken place, the Minister might come back to the committee to outline where we are in te…
Budget 2027 introduces a range of measures for older people, working families, children, people with disabilities, businesses, housing, infrastructure, farmers and fishermen, as well as education and energy security. It is about helping people who work hard to get ahead, not just to get by, and about providing support for those who are most vulnerable in our society. Some of the measures include the reduction in carb…
Longford has untapped potential in terms of tourism. A number of projects have been developed to address this. I have been a director of Longford Tourism for the past 14 years. We have established our tourism network and a new strategy website aimed at increasing the awareness of what our county has to offer. Its rich and often untold story forms a backbone of this vision. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy 'Boxer…
I acknowledge Jordan and Cian for coming here for the statements. Helen is here also, along with Jordan's wife Agnes and their dad who has been such a major part of the journey so far. Deputy Sherlock said they are an inspiration. They have been an inspiration to us in Ireland, in bringing the area of dementia to the floor of our national Parliament. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, and the Minister o…
These incentives that are being put in place are about activating the development of the 30,000 to 40,000 apartment planning permissions that have not been developed. In the housing committee, of which I am Chair, we recently had some of the largest developers in the country before us. "Developers" and "investors" are not bad words. We need them or we would never build. We would never get building the houses and apar…
I want to raise a query on behalf of a constituent about sarcoidosis, a disease that affects the lungs, heart and nervous system. We have one of the highest rates of it in the world in Ireland, even higher than cystic fibrosis, but it is not very well known. It is not on the long-term illness list. Not everybody suffers from it long term, but some do. There are extremely high costs associated with it for those who wi…
Seanad Éireann has passed the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025, without amendment.
Amendments Nos. 1, 13 to 16, inclusive, and 20 are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 16 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 15.
The first meeting of the board of trustees of the new family resource centre in Longford takes place next Monday. I put on record my thanks to Veronica Brennan, the chair, and the rest of my fellow members of the steering committee who worked on this project for the last couple of years.
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use recently published its final report containing a wide-ranging series of recommendation…
I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. While some conditions are more widely known than others, both common and rare diseases have far-reaching impacts across our society. In recent times, awareness and advocacy campaigns have brought these issues to the forefront of public and political discourse. We have seen this through initiatives such as the FTD brothers' campaign raising awareness of demen…
The next slot is for the Independent and Parties Technical Group but there are no Members from that group present. Therefore, we will move on to the Independent Technical Group, with Deputy Gogarty up first.
I also congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Ardagh, and I wish her well in her new role.
I welcome the Bill. As Chair of the housing committee, I am disappointed that some of the cross-party recommendations that were put forward by the committee have not been included in the Bill.
The Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026, which came in on 1 March of this year and which I supported, is about giving certainty to tenancies but it is also about creating an environment where we will see …
The Minister is very welcome. As he probably knows, I have been the chairperson of Longford Tourism for 12 or 13 years. When I started, County Longford probably had the lowest visitor figures in the country. We grasped that negative and we worked with the local authority and stakeholders to build the tourism product in our county. Last Christmas, we launched a new tourism network to drive the future of tourism in Lon…
I thank the Deputies. I call on the Minister of State to move the Government's amendment to the motion. He has ten minutes.
Yes, copies are available now.
I ask the Deputy to please let the Minister of State speak.