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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
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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 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
I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I remind him and the Ministers that small piers locally, including in Kilmakilloge, Coornagillagh and Blackwater, have been crying out for maintenance funding for safety projects and other things for the past several years.
Returning to Kenmare, the local authority must work in conjunction with the Department of the marine and the OPW. The local authority has acquired a lot of th…
----- that provide excellent food and all that goes with it. People are treated very well in those places.
Indeed, they catered for more the than 4,000 cyclists who used the Beara cycleway last Saturday.
They were well able to do so.
Kenmare needs a bit more for the off-times.
I thank the Ceann Comhairle very much. I am sorry for going over time.
Yes. Last weekend.
I promise here myself-----
-----that if the Taoiseach comes down to open it, I will-----
-----put the plaque on the wall-----
-----on the pier myself.
I oppose it.
I am glad to have the opportunity to oppose this proposal by Deputy Coppinger. She said she was amazed that anyone would stand up and talk against this proposal. I have to tell you, a Cheann Comhairle, that from every corner of Kerry, people have rung and sent emails and all kinds of messages to ensure that we stop this at the start. All of us living in rural parts of Ireland know the damage that the fox has done and…
I am calling a vote now.
I am glad to get the opportunity to welcome Shane's family, Jim and Lucia and their girls. I am sorry they had to go through so much to get recognition for what happened on that fateful night. I commiserate with them on the loss of their son and thank them for doing so much to try to protect his name and to ensure he got the proper recognition he and they deserve.
I thank the Minister for doing the honourable thing …
I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about this matter here again this evening. It is a terrible situation. This war really needs to end. I do not know how we can influence that happening, but we need to send a strong message from this Parliament. We are a very small country. We cannot do anything physically to stop or prevent the war, but we need to send a strong message that we do not approve of what is happeni…
I thank Deputy Michael Collins and his group for giving us the chance to talk about this worthy motion this morning. I support everything that has been said. It should be every politician's ambition to allow elderly people to stay and be seen after in their own homes for as long as possible. That is not happening in Kerry. At the present time, you can qualify to get home help or a home care package but no one arrives…
All right. I appeal to the Ministers to see after the elderly people because they brought us to where we are. They fought to ensure that Ireland was a better place. They did their best. We must see after them but we are not doing it.
I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words about the mayhem that is taking place, in our time, in another country. I know that Ireland can do very little but we need to stand up and be counted. What is happening is barbaric. We see children, old people and women being starved. People are being starved in this day and age. In case someone does not know about it, I know what hunger is from my grandfather and g…
I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this most important matter. First, I welcome Cara and her dad here again today. It is very sad that they have to come here again after being here so many times before. This is still a desperate situation where young families and young parents, when they find that their child is someway not performing to their liking and want to get them assessed, have to wait so long for an…
I want to discuss the implication of the new good agricultural and environmental condition of land rules, GAEC 2. Farmers in many parts of County Kerry will be affected. Farmers have been advised that they must recognise these new rules and regulations as part of applying for their basic income support scheme, BISS, payments and other CAP payments on 15 May, which is tomorrow. That is the first issue I want to raise …
I thank the Minister for his response. I ask him to give me a clear understanding as to whether farmers who have lands in Lyracrumpane, Glencar, Cahirsiveen, Kilcummin, Gneevgullia, Scartaglin and all those places can cut turf where they have parcels of peat? That is a straight question and I want a straight answer to it.
Farmers are very concerned about the time it will take to get their payments and have this sort…
Do farmers have to leave out the patch where they are cutting turf?
I raised this matter by way of question to the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, about a week ago and I am still very concerned about it. Today, I have six new people who are looking to get their tests brought forward. Two of them will not get their tests for seven months. This is what they have been told. I will give an example. One of them is a young fella from Cahersiveen who can do his apprenticeship in Tralee if…