Results 181-200 of 263 for speaker:Natasha Newsome Drennan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I am asking about the allocation and wondering whether the trees down the Minister of State's way were very cheap or something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Why does the Minister of State think that is? Is the paperwork too complicated? Is there some other-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Have all the people who applied for it got it? Were there any that needed to come back with more information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Everybody who applied for it got it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (17 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine a decision affecting the stamp 1 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40206/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Is there a deadline for applications for the extra payment?

National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030: Statements (17 Sep 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: For 18 years, before being elected as a TD for Carlow and Kilkenny, I worked as a carer for people with disabilities, supporting them to live their fullest lives possible. The people I worked for are the salt of the earth. As many of us know, working as a carer is so much more than just a job. We grow incredibly close to those we care for. That is why it has pained me so much to watch...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult psychiatrists for ADHD in the south-east HSE region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47785/25]

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: We all know when our local school term begins. It is not a surprise. It is the most predictable event in our calendar yet despite all this notice, parents across Kilkenny and Carlow are left to face the same entirely preventable crisis in school transport. Year after year, the routes and student numbers remain largely consistent. This is not a complex, unforeseen challenge, but a basic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1051. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student will be entitled to school transport under the transport scheme if their home address is 4.8 km from their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41404/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1052. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a parent disputes the accuracy of the Department of Education's or Bus Éireann's mapping software for the school transport scheme, if he or she may appeal it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41405/25]

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

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated timeframe for completion of reviews of applications for carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41396/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (29 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 2169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people prosecuted for failing to register equines in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41391/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (29 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 2170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people prosecuted for horse neglect under the Control of Horses Act, 1996, and under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, in each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41392/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: It is a bit like school buses. As we get back to school, it is the first morning of school that we find out whether we have a got a ticket. I understand and we all agree that we have to do our best to keep this. It is all about water quality, which we need. On the 20 rivers, which I presume are spaced out, do we have information on what rivers are tested and at what positions they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: It would be good to get a better picture weather-wise if that report was done more frequently. It is easy to out and collect a little bit of water. The figure of 16% may not be 16% on another day if we have heavy rain - that is the idea I am getting. For example, if there is heavy rainfall, are the waters flowing more quickly and is the concentration therefore lower?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Until we got those levels down, we are in a bit of bother when we are trying to fight our case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: If we use France as an example, is it doing the same testing as Ireland? Are we the better boys in the class than France is? Where do we rank in the world?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: There was recently a meeting. When is the next presentation the witnesses have to make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I thank Mr. Callanan very much.