in the Kerry South constituency. The details of this deal were not made public. Healy-Rae has been criticised for not making the details of the deal public and for supporting the government over highly controversial cutbacks (in contrast to Finian McGrath who made the details public by entering his deal into the Dáil record and who withdrew his support from the government in 2008, over cutbacks in the health sector). He was confronted publicly by members of the Kerry Public Sector Workers Alliance about his continual support for cutbacks and for the Irish bank bailout. Healy-Rae said he was powerless as he had only one vote and that they "should talk to the Green Party that are making the big changes". Retirement On 26 June 2008, Healy-Rae announced that he intended to retire at the next general election. His son Michael Healy-Rae was selected as a candidate by the Healy-Rae organisation on 28 October 2010, and was elected at the 2011 general election. Death Healy-Rae died on 5 December 2014, at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee after a long illness. References 1931 births 2014 deaths Dual players Fianna Fáil politicians Jackie Independent TDs Irish farmers Kilgarvan hurlers Kilgervan Gaelic footballers Local councillors in County Kerry Members of the 28th Dáil Members of the 29th Dáil Members of the 30th Dáil Politicians from County Kerry