Kerry — week of Mon, 29 Sept

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 29 Sept – 5 Oct 2025 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 53 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Industrial Relations (Boycott of Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2025

2025-10-01 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill to amend the provisions relating to the constitution of joint labour committees, so as to provide for cases where organisations of employers or of workers fail or refuse …

full description

A bill to amend the provisions relating to the constitution of joint labour committees, so as to provide for cases where organisations of employers or of workers fail or refuse to engage in consultation with the Labour Court prior to the appointment of representative (employers) members or representative (workers) members, as the case may be; and to provide for connected matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 61–81

Voted for 1 Pa Daly

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

Insurance Costs

2025-10-01 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 60–82

Voted for 1 Pa Daly

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

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-09-30 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 75–61

Voted for 3 Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Danny Healy-Rae

Danny Healy-Rae — Independent 2 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on VAT rates for tourism and hospitality (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51955/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a matter (details supplied) regarding rural public houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51956/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52143/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter regarding planning (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52149/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if consideration will be given to increasing grant funding for amateur athletes playing inter-county games to ensure, at the very least, they are not out of pocket due to the increasing financial pressures faced by players as the level of State funding has not changed in years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52023/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an issue regarding stamp duty for young farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51285/25]

Michael Cahill — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Transport 6 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will expedite the delivery of a new roadway and footpaths through Cahersiveen town on the N70 Ring of Kerry road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51824/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to expedite major improvement works to the main road in and out of Dingle and West Kerry, the N86, a critical national secondary road that is in a suboptimal condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51823/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to the proposal to provide a grant scheme to support the provision of electric vehicle charging stations at hotels, bed and breakfasts and guesthouses to encourage their use and relieve pressure on public charger stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49141/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to expedite major improvement works to the main road in and out of Dingle and West Kerry, the N86, a critical national secondary road that is in a shocking condition [50222/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to expedite the delivery of a new roadway and footpaths through Cahersiveen town on the N70 Ring of Kerry road. [50223/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will review with TII Ireland the case for a road development (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51912/25]
Health 5 questions
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health in light of recent figures released by the HSE on the horrendous growth in the numbers of children on waiting lists in Kerry and in the Kerry-Cork region from 2022 to 2025 inclusive (details supplied), the reason the figures for Kerry and Kerry-Cork are so much worse than other regions; the plans now in place to address the waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50162/25]
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a dedicated pilot study focused on all aspects of the health service in the Iveragh and Dingle peninsulas, including staffing challenges, mental health, day care, primary care, home care, respite, palliative care, community hospital beds and ambulance provision, with a view to developing a model for service delivery in similarly remote areas across the country [51844/25]
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she recognises the concerns of residents in the Iveragh and Dingle peninsulas in County Kerry, who feel they have long suffered from substandard health services due to their remoteness from the centres of decision-making; and if she agrees that the need to travel long distances for basic care amounts to a form of geographic discrimination. [51843/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand the provision of health services in the Iveragh Peninsula; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52238/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for an update on CAMHS services in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52237/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently provide funding towards addressing a major health and safety issue in the vicinity of a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51375/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a matter regarding the finishing of a soft play area for school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51529/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [48528/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to expedite an aquaculture licence application in respect of persons (details supplied) to ensure that jobs are secured with this shovel ready project; his views that the ongoing delays in the processing of licences is not acceptable, prevents local companies from expanding, costs jobs and is detrimental to the local economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51752/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to ensure that all public buildings, GP surgeries, churches, bars, restaurants, etc. have adequate accessible toilets, i.e raised toilet seats; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51341/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will adequately support the Irish language and the Gaeltacht in budget 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52087/25]

Michael Healy-Rae — Independent 3 votes · 16 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 16 total

Education 4 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether funding will be made available to recognise programmes which teach fifth and sixth class primary school students on business and entrepreneurial skills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51148/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to alter how special needs assistants can use their parental leave due to difficulties experienced by those educators (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51396/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the SNA guidelines in light of concerns raised by parents and teachers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52056/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for classroom extensions for autism classrooms in a school (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52696/25]
Health 4 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she intends to allocate funding in the upcoming Budget for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the southwest, in line with the Programme for Government commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51855/25]
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if her Department plans to include myalgic encephalomyelitis on the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52307/25]
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the measures which will be taken to ensure protections remain in place for persons who rely on phased systems for medication dispensing, ahead of the planned removal of phased dispensing under the Community Pharmacy Agreement Act 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52446/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the pay imbalances for healthcare assistants in Cork and Kerry will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52684/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a bus timetable can be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51459/25]
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a licence exchange can be expedited (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52644/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the gaps in support for kinship carers and their families will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52164/25]
- 2025-10-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures which will be taken to ensure pay parity for those providing childcare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52458/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding remedial works on a bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51244/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No.194 of 3 July 2025, if there is an update on this matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51351/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the hot meals programme for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51401/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a SUSI grant application for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [52626/25]

New lobbying 1 return

The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd Trade
- Request for Meeting and Proposal: Inclusion of Operational Machinery Drivers on Critical Skills List

Norma Foley — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

County Kildare Chamber Economic Development and Industry
- Chambers Budget 2026 Advocacy Day

Pa Daly — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Transport 10 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on his Department's investigation into overflights of munitions to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51973/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to ensure balanced regional development of transport infrastructure following the review of the national development plan. [51974/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to reintroduce catering services on rail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51698/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has met with a company (details supplied) to discuss the exit package of its CEO; if he is satisfied with the proposed exit package; when he expects a package will be agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51675/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport for a timeline for the introduction of contactless payment services on public transport throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51674/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the Killarney bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51673/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to increase the viability and capacity of regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51676/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on a matter regarding national car testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51136/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated annual, first year and full-year costs of deferring toll charge increases. [52057/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the estimated annual, first-year and full-year costs of deferring toll charge increases, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52067/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the North Kerry CAMHS report; the reasons for delay in publication; to provide a timeframe for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52157/25]
- 2025-09-30 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the compensation scheme for children and families will be expanded to North Kerry for their treatment in CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52158/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-10-02 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025, the safeguards in place to prevent misuse of environmental impact assessments; the mechanisms to ensure meaningful public participation in emergency or exempted cases; the way in which the Environmental Protection Agency will be held accountable if statutory timeframes are missed; if he will clarify the definition and scope of 'emergency applications'; the way in which partial licence reviews will be monitored to prevent regulatory loopholes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52673/25]