Kerry — week of Mon, 23 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jun – 29 Jun 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 63 questions · 4 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages

2025-06-25 · 4 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 64–82

Voted for 1 Pa Daly

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae

Did not vote 1 Norma Foley

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–104

Voted for 1 Pa Daly

Voted against 4 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–83

Voted for 1 Pa Daly

Voted against 4 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

The motion · motion passed 104–48

Voted for 4 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

2025-06-25 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided…

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A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 85–67

Voted for 4 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery

2025-06-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–69

Voted for 4 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

The motion · motion passed 83–69

Voted for 4 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-06-24 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 87–66

Voted for 4 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

Danny Healy-Rae — Independent 8 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Michael Cahill — Fianna Fáil 8 votes · 43 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 43 total

Health 21 questions
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-25 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]
- 2025-06-25 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]
- 2025-06-25 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]
- 2025-06-25 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]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide additional beds and staff in community hospitals across Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34870/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to improve emergency department, maternity and radiotherapy services at University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34869/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the reasons for unfilled posts in community hospitals in County Kerry are much more nuanced and complex than geographical location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35037/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if her Department will intervene urgently to provide the required treatment in respect of a patient who was recently diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer (details supplied) and take into consideration that any delays will have enormous consequences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35105/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently review a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35108/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a detailed progress report in regard to the new minor injuries unit in Killarney, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35109/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a detailed progress report in regard to the new community hospital in Killarney, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35110/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a detailed report in regard to her plans for the St. Columbanus Home site when the patients are transferred over to the new Killarney Community Hospital, when completed, in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35111/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently review and approve, a full medical card to be issued to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35125/25]
- 2025-06-26 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]
Housing 6 questions
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the plan to extend rent pressure zones to all areas of Ireland has taken into account operators such as small farmers, who earn small sums to supplement their income heading in to wintertime as a means of survival of their livelihood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35024/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the plan to extend Rent Pressure Zones to all areas of Ireland, has taken into account that County Kerry attracts many tourists and is heavily reliant on short-term lets where small operators earn small sums to supplement their income heading in to wintertime as a means of survival of their livelihood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35025/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the case of landlords in the rent pressure zone in Kerry (details supplied); to clarify the definition of a large landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35089/25]
Justice 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35052/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed on exceptional humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35123/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to urgently intervene and expedite a family reunification visa (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35124/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-24 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 statement on the matter. [34102/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if priority can be given to carrying out major upgrades and improvement works to the R571 road from Tuosist, County Kerry to Castletownbere in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35130/25]
Children 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 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]
- 2025-06-25 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]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress regarding discussions between the HSE and St. John of Gods in regard to providing respite at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35049/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [33567/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-06-24 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]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-06-24 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]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 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]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-06-25 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]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if certainty will be given to artists, by extending indefinitely the basic income for the arts pilot scheme and support the wider community of artists and give the recognition and financial security that this important sector in County Kerry deserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35121/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry Health
- Implementation of the National Rare Disease Plan

Michael Healy-Rae — Independent 8 votes · 9 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport to examine the case for the establishment of a new bus stop in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34208/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the lack of resources for bus and truck driver testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34294/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport whether a person (details supplied) can be granted a driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34559/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the precautions Bus Éireann has in place to deal with anti-social behaviour towards its employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35076/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if a referral sent to the scope section by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34083/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the long-standing practice of issuing licences for firearms should change (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33583/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households, since 2022, that have availed of the solar PV grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35029/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will examine a pay-related matter of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35012/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason holiday lets cannot be registered with the RTB if people are living in them long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35035/25]

New lobbying 3 returns

The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd · 3 returns Agriculture
- Visible Environmental Management Cost (vEMC) Tyre Recycling Cost for Agricultural Tyres 2025
- extension to allow for more inclusive consultation in relation to planned Visible Environmental Management Cost (vEMC) Tyre Recycling Cost for Agricultural Tyres 2025 being proposed under the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Scheme by Circol ELT on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), Circular Economy Division.
- FCI Meeting request with the RSA to discuss any proposed changes to W licenses

Norma Foley — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pa Daly — Sinn Féin 8 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the recently published annual review of the transport sector by the Climate Change Advisory Council, CCAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34494/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on Local Link; if he is taking steps to expand its capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34495/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the carriage of Israeli munitions through Irish airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34496/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on a case (details supplied) regarding a driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34305/25]
Public Expenditure 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures he is taking to ensure that public buildings comply with the energy performance of buildings directive; if he believes all public buildings will meet the 2028 deadline; to breakdown the number of public buildings that have been retrofitted to achieve this standard in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and to provide a breakdown of the number of buildings that do not meet this standard and the proportion of the total number of publicly owned buildings is this. [33761/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 17 June 2025, to outline the amount the OPW has spent maintaining publicly owned vacant buildings in each of the years since each individual property was first vacated, broken down by property type and by year, in tabular form. [34477/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 311 of 29 May 2025 and 311 on 17th of June 2025, the breakdown of the funding allocated to maintaining vacant properties owned by the OPW, broken down by property since they were first vacated; the breakdown of the funding allocated to maintaining vacant properties owned by the OPW broken down by property since in each of the years since they were first vacated; the breakdown of the overall cost to maintain empty properties owned by the OPW in each of the years since they were first vacated; the breakdown of the average cost to bring a vacant property owned by the OPW into use for social housing in each of the years since they were first vacate; the breakdown of the overall cost to bring vacant properties owned by the OPW back into use for social housing in each of the years since they were first vacate; the breakdown of the overall cost to maintain former Garda stations owned by the OPW that are now vacant in each of the years since they were first vacated; and the breakdown of the overall cost to maintain decentralisation sites owned by the OPW that are now vacant in each of the years since they were first vacate, in tabular form. [34478/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would have been forgone by eliminating the vehicle registration tax on both previously owned and new electric vehicles from Britain in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [33581/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to transpose the energy performance of buildings directive into national law; the measures he is taking to comply with the measures related to BER ratings; the measures he is taking to ensure compliance in the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33686/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be provided a third temporary autism class for the 2025-2026 academic year only, creating junior, middle and senior autism classes for one year only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34781/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding provided to sustainable energy communities in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the amount of money drawn down in each of those years, in tabular form. [35114/25]