That is according to new accounts filed by Mr Healy-Rae’s Roughty Properties Ltd, which show that the company recorded post-tax profits of €376,048 in the 12 months to the end of May last year.
The filing of the accounts comes just days after the company lodged accounts at the Companies Registration Office (CRO), which showed it recorded a €465,860 post-tax profit in its first year in operation up to May 2023.
Cash funds at the company last year increased from €555,933 to €718,046.
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The company also strengthened its balance sheet during the year with the addition of a fixed asset, which has a book value of €204,519.
Mr Healy-Rae owns 100pc of the share capital of the company.
The Kerry TD’s entry in the Dáil Register of Members’ Interests states that the main activity of Roughty Properties Ltd is “management of rental properties”.
In the register, Mr Healy-Rae describes himself as an owner of rental properties and his entry lists 17 separate properties for letting, including 14 houses.
Separate figures published by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth show that Mr Healy-Rae’s Rosemont House in Tralee has received €1.22m over two years and three months to the end of last December.
In 2022, Kerry County Council refused planning permission to Roughty Properties Ltd’s planning application for a three-storey extension to expand guest capacity at Rosemont Guest House.
The Roughty property firm is now Mr Healy-Rae’s most profitable enterprise, with the accounts showing two years of strong profits.
Separate accounts filed earlier this year by Mr Healy-Rae’s plant hire firm, Roughty Plant Hire Ltd, show that its accumulated profits increased by €74,887 from €734,024 to €808,911 in the 12 months to the end of April 2024.
Accounts for another of Mr Healy-Rae’s firms, which operates a fuel station and grocery shop in Kilgarvan, show that it recorded post-tax losses of €26,986 last year.
Mr Healy-Rae’s entry to the Dáil Register of Members’ Interests lists his other occupations as postmaster, farmer, service station owner and owner of rental properties.
The Kerry TD also has shares in the New York Times.
Mr Healy-Rae also has 146 acres of farmland/forestry.
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