Results 21-40 of 56 for speaker:Natasha Newsome Drennan

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: We are in the midst of a housing crisis that is worsening month by month. It is the actions of this Government, its refusal to listen to experts and its insistence that the market will provide that has accelerated this crisis so rapidly. All we see from this Government is its head in the sand as it refuses to admit the market has failed. These actions have failed rural Ireland so...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a domiciliary allowance application for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15906/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (1 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the works at the national monument of Ballymoon Castle, Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15744/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has not sanctioned a school (details supplied) to go to tender for the necessary extension of six classrooms and associated works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14035/25]

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I strongly welcome this motion. Earlier today in the audiovisual room, a group of young family carers gave a powerful description of the work they do and the impact the lack of supports - and the utter lack of State support - is having. Carers are the backbone of our society. They are the quiet, everyday heroes who give everything to care for loved ones. The respect and high regard that...

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: The ordinary people of counties Carlow and Kilkenny are paying the price of the failures of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Month after month, the housing crisis deepens. Average rents in Carlow and Kilkenny are almost €1,600 a month, which is a staggering burden for workers and families. Scores of people want to build or buy their own home across Kilkenny. They have worked hard...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Citizenship Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1006. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the disability allowance appeal decision in relation to person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11108/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1007. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11110/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an ACRES payment application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10663/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in each county awaiting ACRES payments for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10902/25]

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: On Saturday, we mark International Women's Day. We celebrate the resilience, strength and the invaluable contributions women make every day in Irish society but we must also confront the inequalities that persist in our society. I raise in particular the immense role women across Ireland contribute as carers for those in need. We all recognise that carers are the backbone and support for...

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: We need to see meaningful action that will bring positive change. This International Women's Day, let us raise our voices as a society to say we value carers as an essential part of our society and we demand they are given the support and respect of which they are so deserving. I commend my own mother, who looked after my father, and was a carer for a number of years. Their role is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 415. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the vaccine damage scheme for Covid-vaccine injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8891/25]

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: We are debating an issue that touches every family and community across Ireland, which is the future of healthcare for our ageing population. This is far more than just a policy discussion. It is about ensuring dignity, safety and quality of life for our parents, grandparents and, one day, ourselves. The facts are clear. By 2030, more than 1 million people in Ireland will be aged 65 or...

Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: For generations, agriculture has been the heartbeat of Ireland's economy, culture and rural identity. Today, over 170,000 people are employed across the sector. That number shows the agrifood sector is the backbone of communities across the State. Many of my family members, neighbours and friends are part of that 170,000-strong workforce that contributes to the strength of Irish...

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Every child has a fundamental right to education. It is a right that all children should enjoy equally. We must, however, face the reality that in Ireland in 2025, it is not the case. Some of the most vulnerable children in Irish society are being left behind. Parents are left waiting years for an assessment and are left battling to find a school that can provide the correct resources for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: The position of communities right across the State is clear when it comes to the Mercosur trade deal. It will be bad for Irish farming, it will be bad for the environment and it will be bad for people's health. Last week in the European Parliament we had a clear opportunity to show Irish MEPs are united in our opposition to the deal. Brazil and Argentina are the world's top GMO and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (18 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed bus route A90 in Kilkenny will begin operation; if Kilmacow will be serviced by this bus route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6204/25]