Results 321-340 of 471 for speaker:Cathy Bennett

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Test (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the scale of the backlog for driving tests in Cavan and Monaghan; the number of testers in place, from January 2023 to date in 2025, by quarter, in tabular form; their proposals to bring wait times in line with targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19889/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Greenways Provision (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on their efforts to support cross-Border greenways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20400/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 588. To ask the Minister for Finance if beauty services will benefit from VAT reduction measures; the basis upon which such decisions were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19887/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on his efforts to work with EU partners to introduce new tourism specific funding supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20393/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocations to Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2016 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20394/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocations within his Department in support of tourism in the years 2019 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20395/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his proposals to support regional balance in the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20396/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the tourism related policy and strategy documents his Department are currently implementing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20397/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on their efforts to develop the Irish sea way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20398/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1122. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on their efforts to create a coastal tourist trail, linking the Wild Atlantic Way, the Causeway Costal Route, and the area along the eastern and southern coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20399/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on their efforts to support Údarás na Gaeltachta and the development of Gaeltacht tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20403/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on their efforts to further develop the Ulster Canal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20401/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 1397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to the comments of the Taoiseach in May 2022, regarding examining the potential introduction of paid maternity and pension benefits for women working on farms; if he will outline the examinations that were carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18867/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 2246. To ask the Minister for Health if women will be provided backdated payments for HRT arising from the scheme being delayed since January; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Equipment (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 2249. To ask the Minister for Health the status on the MRI scanner in Cavan hospital; if it has been out of service or seen reduced capacity; the number of scans carried out since January 2024, by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19883/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (29 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 2503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals regarding implementing a reduction in the student contribution fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18956/25]

Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Last night Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael voted against permanently banning water charges. If the Government does not have an intention of introducing water charges, why does it feel the need to cling on to the power to do so? Why does it continue to hold the power to do so within its grasp? Irish households pay for water charges through general taxation. The amount of water used is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tourism Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his proposals to support Irish tourism through the work of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/25]

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Fine Gael has a problem with retirement, older workers and how it treats those who want to retire in general. On the one hand, it contested the 2020 election on the basis of increasing the State pension age to 67 by 2021 and to 68 by 2028. As recently as three years ago, the former Minister, Heather Humphreys, described the current pension age of 66 as non-sustainable. On the other hand,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools seeking financial contributions from parents; if she intends to adequately fund schools to negate the need for schools to seek such contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17195/25]