Michael Healy-Rae's property firm receives €1.33m for accommodating Ukrainians

Michael Healy-Rae described his occupations, along with being a politician, as a postmaster, farmer, service station owner, plant hire owner and owner of rental properties.

A property firm owned by Minister of State and Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae has received €1.33m in State payments for accommodating Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russia since 2022.

New figures provided by the Department of Migration show Mr Healy-Rea's Roughty Properties Ltd — trading as Rosemont House — received €113,480 for accommodating Ukrainians in 2025.

This followed the firm receiving €1.22m in the two years and three months prior to January 1, 2025, for accommodating Ukrainians at its Tralee address.

Recently filed accounts show Roughty Properties Ltd recorded post-tax profits of €241,244 in the 12 months to the end of May 2025.

The post-tax profits were a 36% decline on the post-tax profits of €376,048 for the prior year.

The profits last year resulted in the company having accumulated profits of €1.08m at the end of May last.

In 2025, the Kerry TD was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, with special responsibility for Forestry.

The €113,480 paid to Mr Healy-Rae’s Roughty Properties Ltd last year is a tiny fraction of the €425.49m paid out to all operators providing accommodation to Ukrainians under the Government’s International Protection Accommodation Service (Ipas) last year.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Migration said Roughty Properties, trading as Rosemont House, continued to provide accommodation services to the State in 2025, delivering services for a 12-month period, and remains under contract with the department to accommodate people fleeing Ukraine.

The recently published Dáil Register of Interests shows Mr Healy-Rae remains the biggest landlord in the Dáil, owning 28 properties and pieces of land.

Mr Healy-Rae described his occupations, along with being a politician, as a postmaster, farmer, service station owner, plant hire owner and owner of rental properties. Mr Healy-Rae also has shares in the New York Times.

Separate accounts for Mr Healy-Rae’s plant hire firm, Roughty Plant Hire Ltd, show accumulated profits dipped by €27,737 from €808,909 to €781,172 in the 12 months to the end of April 30 last.

Accounts for Mr Healy-Rae’s service station firm, Black Cap & Co Ltd, show it recorded post-tax profits of €24,132 in the 12 months to the end of April 30 last.