• Independent TD for Kerry
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Michael Healy-Rae speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Hospital Waiting Lists, Carer's Allowance Applications, Disability Allowance Applications, Medical Card Applications

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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

“Last night I was not convinced by the Minister's argument and I am still not convinced today, and I am sorry to say that. The Bill contains a number of provisions that will affect highly effective charity fundraising for deserving causes around Ireland, via radio bingo games on local radio. These games, which raise significant and much needed funds for charities, involve the distribution of...”

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

“The Minister of State knows what I am going to say because Deputy Daly and I discussed it with him last night. I sincerely support Deputy Gould in his concerns. I think of a person, perhaps late at night, maybe under the influence of something, sitting down with this useless article of a thing, their phone, in one hand and a credit card in the other.”

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

“They may be watching on Netflix a horse race in Kentucky, a place they have never been and never will be, and betting the kitchen sink on one of two old, worn-out horses. That is the concern we should have, not with the respectable bookmaker shops and the people we have all supported. When you go to the Killarney or Tralee races - I never had the honour of going to the Galway races - or...”

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• Has spoken in 140 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1008 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 4 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 111 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Michael Healy-Rae speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1079 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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