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Danny Healy-Rae

Independent · Kerry

Joint Committee on Agriculture and FoodSelect Committee on Agriculture and Food
165Lobbying returns
1,216Questions asked
939Votes cast
79%With Independent
All Health 40 Agriculture 24 Housing 13 Finance 9 Energy and Natural Resources 8 Budgetary matters 7

Who's in their ear 165 lobbying returns · 1 paid agencies in top 10

Health 40 Agriculture 24 Housing 13 Finance 9 Energy and Natural Resources 8 Budgetary matters 7

What they're asking about 1,216 questions asked · 24 departments

How they're voting 939 votes cast · 79% with Independent · broke with party 193×

Broke with Independent on 193 votes
Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 52–114
Confidence in Government
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 92–78
Financial Resolution No.1: Mineral Oil Tax
2026-03-24 · 2 votes
  • ✓ voted for a budget financial resolution motion passed · 118–39
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 69–88
Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil
2026-03-24 · 1 vote
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 84–66
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-03-24 · 1 vote
  • ✓ accepted the schedule the week's Dáil business schedule motion passed · 85–63
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-03-03 · 1 vote
  • ✓ accepted the schedule the week's Dáil business schedule motion passed · 84–68
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-02-24 · 1 vote
  • ✓ accepted the schedule the week's Dáil business schedule motion passed · 79–65
International Protection Bill 2026
2026-02-18 · 6 votes · Govt (Justice)
A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation …
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A bill to provide for the entry into, and presence in, the State of persons seeking international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation to these matters; to give effect to Directive (EU) 2024/1346 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast); to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1347 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union and repealing Directive 2013/32/EU; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 establishing a Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on asylum and migration management; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1359 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147; to give further effect to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on the 28th day of July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on the 31st day of January 1967; to provide for the gathering of information from applicants for international protection; to provide for the removal from the State of certain persons; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Binse um Achomhairc i dtaobh Tearmainn agus Filleadh or, in the English language, as the Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals and to provide for its functions; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Oifig an Phríomh-Chigire Nósanna Imeachta Teorann um Thearmann or, in the English language, as the Office of the Chief Inspector of Asylum Border Procedures and to provide for its functions; to amend, or repeal certain provisions of, the International Protection Act 2015; to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, the Immigration Act 1999, the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000, the Immigration Act 2004 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 58–78
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 63–79
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 39–103
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 41–101
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 81–64
  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 76–61
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-02-17 · 1 vote
  • ✓ accepted the schedule the week's Dáil business schedule motion passed · 79–63
Cost-of-Living Crisis
2026-02-11 · 2 votes
  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 80–69
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 80–69
Bord Bia
2026-02-11 · 2 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 88–61
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 89–61
Regulation of Drones Bill 2025
2026-02-11 · 1 vote · Green Party PMB
A bill to provide for the regulation in the public interest of the private and commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as drones
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A bill to provide for the regulation in the public interest of the private and commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as drones; to create an additional consideration for issuance of a National Planning Statement; to require local authorities to prepare objectives for the management of unmanned aircraft system operations; to permit any person, a local authority or the Environmental Protection Agency make a complaint to the District Court with respect to the emission of noise from certain privately or commercially operated unmanned aircraft system or systems causing annoyance; to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024; to amend the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended); and to provide for related matters.
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 82–68
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages
2026-02-11 · 3 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 80–70
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 69–81
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 69–81
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026
2026-02-11 · 1 vote · Govt (Housing)
A bill to require the provision of certain information to a tenant and the Residential Tenancies Board on the commencement of a residential tenancy
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A bill to require the provision of certain information to a tenant and the Residential Tenancies Board on the commencement of a residential tenancy; to oblige tenants to allow access to a dwelling for purposes connected with an intended transfer of the dwelling; to make provision in relation to the setting of rents under residential tenancies; to provide for, and limit, the circumstances in which landlords can terminate certain tenancies of dwellings, including during and at the end of a tenancy of minimum duration; to provide for the frequency with which rent reviews may occur; to require certain information to be included in the residential tenancies register and the published register; to provide for the sharing of certain information by the Residential Tenancies Board with the Minister for Social Protection, the Revenue Commissioners and Sustainable Energy Ireland - the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; to repeal certain provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; for those purposes to amend that Act; to provide for certain changes in relation to the eligibility for financial contributions under the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022; for those purposes to amend that Act; to amend provision in relation to short term letting constituting material change in use requiring development consent; for that purpose to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Planning and Development Act 2024; and to provide for related matters.
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 73–68
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024
2026-02-11 · 1 vote · Govt (Justice)
A bill to provide that defamation actions in the High Court shall not be tried with a jury
full description
A bill to provide that defamation actions in the High Court shall not be tried with a jury; to give effect to Directive (EU) 2024/1069 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings (‘Strategic lawsuits against public participation’) in so far as it relates to defamation proceedings; for those and other purposes to amend the Defamation Act 2009; and to provide for related matters.
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 77–66

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