Results 141-160 of 225 for speaker:Cathy Bennett

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 11 February 2025, the actions taken arising from his follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (1 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position taken at the meeting of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council of 17 March 2025 regarding the decoupling of retail electricity and gas prices; if the Government intends to proceed with decoupling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15357/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Common Travel Area (1 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to paragraph 8 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the British and Irish Governments concerning the Common Travel Area and associated reciprocal rights and privileges of May 2019, if he intends to facilitate mutual recognition of drivers' certificates of professional competence; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Services (1 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 706. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the provision of MRI scans in Cavan and Monaghan hospitals; the number and location of all scanners; current waiting lists to access such; the days which scans are currently taking place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15057/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Government statements on childcare bear little resemblance to reality. Despite claims that costs have been reduced by upwards of 50%, survey data last year illustrated that parents in some counties are still paying upwards of €1,100 per month. Despite Fine Gael having campaigned on introducing a public model of childcare, in the programme for Government it is silent. Allusions to...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I still have not had my question answered on families and if they are going to get lower energy costs.

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Did the Government speak in favour of decoupling at the European Council? If so, does the Minister of State acknowledge it was a mistake not to implement this years ago while families and businesses are suffering? Does he accept the Government wilfully failed to employ every tool at its disposal to alleviate the undue financial burdens that families and businesses are suffering under? If...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: What about energy prices? Have energy prices reduced?

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Sorry, my final question was not answered. Have energy prices reduced for families and businesses?

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Energy prices are crippling ordinary people, business owners and even schools right across this State. At a time when people are enduring a cost-of-living crisis and undue financial burdens in a plethora of other areas, our regularly scheduled energy cannot break a person's back. In this context, people expect the Government to do all it can to help alleviate this burden and it is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Shame on you.

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I thank the Social Democrats for putting forward this motion. Ireland can be proud of our contributions to the multilateral system in terms of the role we have played regarding humanitarianism, disarmament, non-proliferation and peacekeeping. Alongside our diplomatic corps and peacekeepers, who see policy enacted, our independent foreign policy and triple lock neutrality protection, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: When you are in government, you are in government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Is that when you are in government?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers in Cavan and Monaghan impacted by delays to ACRES payments to date; the number who still have not been paid; the reason for such delays; when payments are expected to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13739/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (25 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the success of new regulations introduced to combat bovine tuberculosis since 2020; the new measures he intends to introduce in support of bovine tuberculosis eradication; the supports he intends to make available to farmers to ensure that they do not alone bear the financial burden of the implementation of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I again put it to the Minister that 280 is well below the 500 needed under the Istanbul Convention. A number of weeks ago, I sought a Dáil debate on the provision of these services in my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. The Minister will be familiar with the fact that the people in our community are among those without any refuge spaces at all. It is a deep concern that the current...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: So, because they do not do it, we do not do it either.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse refuge spaces in the State; his target for the delivery of additional refuge spaces by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12811/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I congratulate the Minister on his new post. Will the Minister outline the current capacity of domestic violence refuge spaces and his intentions to increase this to an adequate standard?