{"id":401957,"date":"2026-04-16T17:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401957\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:27:07","slug":"healy-rae-faces-loss-of-dail-committee-seat-following-no-confidence-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401957\/","title":{"rendered":"Healy-Rae faces loss of D\u00e1il committee seat following no-confidence vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Danny Healy-Rae is to lose his seat on the Oireachtas Agriculture and Food Committee, following his recent vote of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/arid-41826842.html\"> no confidence in the government.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a source, the \u200bgovernment chief whip Mary Butler has asked he be &#8220;discharged&#8221; from his duties and replaced by Fianna F\u00e1il TD, Michael Cahill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The move is due to be discussed next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/arid-41826842.html\"> Danny Healy-Rae<\/a> was one of 78 TDs to vote no confidence in Miche\u00e1l Martin\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He later rejected claims by Minister Norma Foley he had influenced brother Michael\u2019s decision to resign from his ministerial role in the government, which survived the confidence vote with 92 votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mrs Foley had also claimed on RT\u00c9\u2019s  Morning Ireland\u00a0that an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/arid-41827628.html\"> arrangement had been made<\/a> that indicated both brothers, who had been part of government formation talks at the start of last year, would support the government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr Healy-Rae had spoken of how he was very unhappy with the way the Taoiseach had handled the recent fuel protests, including those at Cork\u2019s Whitegate refinery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr Healy-Rae frequently speaks on agricultural matters, and recently told the D\u00e1il how proud he was to be on the committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In May 2025, he said: \u201cI am glad to be a member of the agriculture committee because it is very relevant to the work I do for people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt is a great committee and we can do a lot for the people we represent if we work together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This afternoon he told the  Irish Examiner: &#8220;I have only just found out (he is to lose his committee seat).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Frankly, given the way I have been treated by the government in general, and Miche\u00e1l Martin in particular, they can try whatever they want.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;In the build up to the no-confidence vote I was treated patronisingly by various senior members of the government and with contempt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;But I should stress, I am on that committee as an independent member, and not as part of the government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;They wanted to make me chair of the committee but I had refused because I felt it would tie me to the government in that role.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Danny Healy-Rae is to lose his seat on the Oireachtas Agriculture and Food Committee, following his recent 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