Danny Healy-Rae

Danny Healy-Rae TD

Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2016
Constituency	Kerry
Kerry County Councillor
In office June 2004 – February 2016
Constituency	Killarney
Personal details
Born	Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Independent
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Danny Healy-Rae (born 1954) is an independent politician, and Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry constituency, elected at the 2016 general election.

He is a son of Jackie Healy-Rae and brother of fellow constituency TD Michael Healy-Rae.^[1] He has expressed scepticism on climate change, stating in the Dáil that "God above is in charge of the weather and that we here cannot do anything about it."^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "Election 2016: Danny Healy-Rae". RTÉ. 2016-02-28.
↑ "Irish politician Danny Healy-Rae on climate change: 'God above is in charge of the weather and we can't do anything about it'". The Belfast Telegraph. 4 May 2016.
↑ "Danny Healy-Rae labelled 'Ireland's Sarah Palin' after telling Dail climate change debate 'only God controls the weather'". Irish Independent. 4 May 2016.
↑ "Climate Change: Statements (Continued)". Dáil Éireann debates. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

Current members of Dáil Éireann

As elected to the 32nd Dáil in 2016 Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Fine Gael (50)	Bailey Barrett Breen Brophy Bruton Burke C. Byrne Cannon Carey Corcoran Kennedy Coveney Creed J. Daly D'Arcy Deasy Deering R. Doherty Donohoe Doyle Durkan English Farrell Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Flanagan Griffin Harris Heydon Humphreys Kehoe E. Kenny§ Kyne Madigan McEntee McHugh McLoughlin Mitchell O'Connor D. Murphy Eoghan Murphy H. Naughton Neville Noonan O'Connell O'Donovan O'Dowd Phelan Ring Rock Stanton Varadkar

Fianna Fáil (43)	Aylward Brassil Breathnach Browne Butler T. Byrne Cahill Calleary Casey Cassells L. Chambers J. Chambers N. Collins Cowen Curran Dooley Fleming Gallagher Haughey Kelleher Lahart Lawless M. Martin§ McConalogue Michael McGrath McGuinness A. Moynihan M. Moynihan Murphy O'Mahony Eugene Murphy D. O'Brien O'Callaghan Ó Cuív O'Dea O'Keeffe O'Loughlin O'Rourke Rabbitte Scanlon Brendan Smith Smyth Troy

Sinn Féin (23)	Adams§ Brady Buckley Crowe Cullinane P. Doherty Ellis M. Ferris Funchion M. Kenny McDonald Mitchell Munster Nolan J. O'Brien Ó Broin Ó Caoláin Ó Laoghaire O'Reilly Ó Snodaigh Quinlivan Stanley Tóibín

Labour Party (7)	Burton§ Howlin Kelly J. O'Sullivan Penrose B. Ryan Sherlock

AAA–PBP (6)	Barry Boyd Barrett Coppinger G. Kenny P. Murphy Bríd Smith

Independents 4 Change (4)	Broughan J. Collins C. Daly Wallace

Social Democrats (3)	Donnelly§ C. Murphy§ Shortall§

Green Party (2)	C. Martin E. Ryan§

Workers and Unemployed Action (1)	Healy

Independent (18)	Canney^† M. Collins Connolly Fitzmaurice^† Grealish Halligan^† Harty D. Healy-Rae M. Healy-Rae Lowry F. McGrath^† Mattie McGrath Moran^† D. Naughten M. O'Sullivan Pringle Ross^† Zappone

§Party leaders Italics = Ministers ^†Ind. Alliance

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