Results 421-440 of 471 for speaker:Cathy Bennett

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023 (19 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I thank the witnesses for their answers.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: The people of Monaghan and Cavan deserve adequate health services and care within their community. In 2002, the Taoiseach, as Minister for Health and Children, refused to give a commitment to protect emergency department services at Monaghan hospital at that crucial time. In 2009, the hospital's emergency department was closed for good. The minor injuries unit lacks basic equipment. As a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Who was over that?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I am going to keep at it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: That is not happening. Monaghan hospital is waiting years for an emergency department.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: The Taoiseach needs to go to Cavan hospital, walk around it and see the people waiting in the emergency department.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: People are waiting two weeks for a transfer.

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: The State has a long, sorrowful and shameful history of failing those within its care. Women, especially mothers, and children have endured the brunt of that long, sorry history. Whether we are talking about survivors of institutional abuse or the degradation of babies' organs; those responsible for delivering justice not only failed to deliver it but actively sought to deny justice. What...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I thank the Tánaiste for coming in today. If Ireland cannot take any action in the face of genocide, was it wise for Ireland to have signed up to the EU-Israel association agreement?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: But there is nothing we can do. There is nothing we are doing.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: How come we have not done anything then?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Trade and services?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: That is okay. I thank the Minister for answering those questions. On passports, I want to commend the Passport Office. The processing of passports has really sped up in recent years. I have some questions on this. An issue I have encountered is where people have made three attempts to get witnesses to authorise the photographs. If there is no garda on duty on a day, the applicant...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Three times and then it goes back.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: The budget for reconciliation and North-South co-operation has decreased by one third. What was the reason for that? Why did it decrease?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I have spoken to a few people from the diaspora with American or Australian driving licences who are moving home to Ireland. When they get to Ireland, if they never sat a driving test here previously, they have to sit a completely new test, where they start from scratch and do their driving lessons. With the backlog in driving licences, will the Tánaiste consider the diaspora being...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I thank the Tánaiste for that. I have one more question. The support for the diaspora is static this year. It is not going up or down. Is that wise in respect of the year of invitation that is now upon us?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Not forgetting Belfast.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Cathy Bennett: There is the recommendation from the ICJ.