That is all right, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I will not name names but many people feel a certain other lady should have had a chance to run. I regret, as others do, that certain people did not get a chance. The likes of the man I mentioned did so much to secure the Good Friday Agreement and for the well-being of our country.
It is regrettable that he did not get a chance. He would have been a sound operator on the w…
TDs / Danny Healy-Rae
Danny Healy-Rae
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261
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
112,514
words spoken in the chamber
Across 461 contributions
239
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
107
topics asked about
Across 17 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
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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 261 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 461 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
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| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 19 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 27 | 28 |
| March 2025 | 21 | 8 |
| April 2025 | 16 | 12 |
| May 2025 | 9 | 37 |
| June 2025 | 6 | 15 |
| July 2025 | 33 | 37 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 17 | 11 |
| October 2025 | 4 | 37 |
| November 2025 | 15 | 54 |
| December 2025 | 3 | 31 |
| January 2026 | 10 | 20 |
| February 2026 | 9 | 16 |
| March 2026 | 12 | 18 |
| April 2026 | 10 | 24 |
| May 2026 | 7 | 26 |
| June 2026 | 19 | 31 |
| July 2026 | 9 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 | 21 |
| October 2026 | 5 | 28 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 175 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 Kerry 29 November 2024 to now
- party Independent 29 November 2024 to now
This is a very important debate. Men are slower to go to doctors than women, especially men on their own. I know that when men have wives and partners, they see after them and make them go. Men are tough and they persevere with pain, and they often let themselves go. I have known of too many cases where they waited too long, and they were at stage 4, where little could be done for them. I saw a man who eventually jum…
I am glad to get an opportunity to talk on behalf of the fishing industry and coastal communities in general. When fishermen cannot make money, coastal communities are adversely affected. We have to give credit to the British going back to the 1600s. They built up the fishing industry in Ireland and gave the local people at the time the wherewithal to get the fishing industry going, which we carried on through thick …
I thank the Minister for being here this evening to hear our requests. We need to thank him for the money that has been allocated. People will say there is a budget every day but the budget is about being fair. I know that Government has tried to do its best and to be as fair as possible.
There is a complaint out there in a lot of people's minds that the working-class people, workers with rising costs and everything…
I was in the North today. I travelled through four counties early in the morning. It is a grand place with grand people. Like Deputy Michael Collins, I thank the consultants and staff in Kingsbridge Private Hospital for the great care they have taken of all the patients we have sent up for cataract removals, hip and knee replacements and all the other things. They are very careful and have treated our people we have …
I am glad of the opportunity to contribute to this debate as well, as I have many times in the past. I cannot understand how this is going on for so long but I heard the Minister of State say the different things that hold it up. I hope it is full belt ahead to ensure the people of Donegal, Mayo, Clare and any other affected area get the redress scheme and their homes back in order, as they rightfully should have. It…
I am glad to speak about the grain and tillage section of our farming. Grain and tillage have been, are, and always have to be a vital part of our agricultural landscape. We met grain growers and they gave a very concise, interesting and serious presentation on the plight they face. They told us the number of farmers going out of the business and how many will go if something does not happen.
It is not fair that the…
-----because we need the straw. All I will say to the Ceann Comhairle is that more than three hours and 32 minutes were given for the debate-----
-----and I still only got two minutes.
We do not want to lose any more, like we lost the sucklers and the sheep men.
We lost the beet. This is our time today. I appreciate that the Minister and the Ministers of State are here listening to us, and I have seen them listening to everyone who has spoken.
This is our time to ensure that we do not lose the tillage men-----
-----or any more grain men. This is our time and the Ministers' time and it is your time too, a Cheann Comhairle.
I am glad to have a chance to mention a few issues this. Housing, as we all know, is so important. There is so much talk about it and so many people are not able to be housed. I understand the Bill is to borrow more money to build more houses and to provide more housing. If this is the case, I welcome it. I have stated here in recent weeks that many people are leaving our shores because when they are between the ages…
I want to thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very laudable motion on the cost of disability. We all know it costs any person who had a disability more just to survive and carry on. They have a lot of issues. For people with serious disabilities respite in Kerry is practically non-existent when it is needed. We are very short of residential care places for children with intellectual and physical disabilities. I…
The overhaul of residential tenancies legislation was intended to protect tenants through changes to rent controls and the expansion of tenant protections. However, it is very clear that, since the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025 updates were introduced in June 2025 with the intention of stabilising rent prices, they have created a bigger problem as many tenants have been given notice to quit. It is gettin…
I thank the Minister of State very much for being here so late at night. I know she will relay my concerns to the Minister.
Many people, including me do not believe it is fair to lock a landlord into a rental agreement for six years. This failed in Scotland, where the authorities have gone back to the arrangement they had in 2016. I am concerned about the Minister of State’s figures because, to me, having been a pub…
I am glad to get the opportunity to speak this evening. I want to clarify something in relation to the carbon tax. A question was raised here yesterday about the carbon tax by Deputy Doherty. It was stated that there was to be a vote held last night. There was no vote. I never voted for the carbon tax. Subsequent to that, another Sinn Féin Member put up a question on his phone to see what way would the Healy-Raes vot…
Never in my life.
There was no vote on the carbon tax last night.
The Deputies might be having a bit of fun. It is grand to have fun, but it is not fun for me. I never voted for the carbon tax.
I am not under any whip from the Deputies about what way I vote. I will vote for the people of Kerry who elected me here. I am very sorry, a Chathaoirligh Gníomhach,
I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this budget, which has been awaited by many people around the country to see if they will benefit from it. All of us here might do it differently but we have to go by the amount of money the Government has to spend, and the choices it makes about how to spend it is what we have to go through. There are many things that are welcome and a good few things that I am disappointe…
I did not interrupt other Deputies at any time. I will not interrupt them when they are talking, but I am telling the truth.
I will do that in spite of anyone interrupting me. The facts are that I never voted for it. That tax will be coming in tomorrow morning without any vote here tonight.