Results 81-100 of 152 for speaker:Natasha Newsome Drennan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I do not need a vet to tell me that one of my animals needs a worm dose.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Perhaps some people need more education on it. I have horses and cattle. We have been trained. I worked as a veterinary nurse. I know enough about what wormers my horses need. Is it the case that we are going to require dung samples before we are allowed to get a dose? How far are we going to take it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I wonder. Most of my horses were quite fine as they were. Does Ms Garvan think this will push people to buy wormers in the North? I go back to antibiotics, which were got through a vet. What data have been found to show that this is better for human health and animal health? What information has been collected in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: From antibiotics. Ms Garvan says there is a 28% reduction in antibiotic use. What difference has that made to our health and to animal health? Is it possible to say that? Every animal has a tag and a passport. On our farm, we are using the same amount of antibiotics that we always used in the event of animals being sick. I find it hard to see how there has been a reduction of 28%. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Most of the time when a child goes into hospital, they are given the wrong antibiotics to start with. It is about three days before the results of the blood tests come back, which show what the correct antibiotic should be. If a vet comes to my yard and a calf or a horse is sick, the general response is to throw an antibiotic at them. These are vets. If the animal does not get better...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Merchants are at the heart of the community, especially in rural Ireland. Both the equine vet and the cattle vet are run off their feet. We ring them and they are racing. It could be all hours of the night and they are racing around. They are already run off their feet. It is madness.

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Last week, we witnessed highly distressing scenes of neglect and abuse at two Emeis-operated nursing homes in Dublin and Portlaoise. These were scenes the Government had long assured us were consigned to history. First and foremost, my thoughts are with the individuals and families affected. I hope counselling and health services have been made available immediately to them. If not, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills that staff allocation a school (details supplied) will have for the upcoming school term beginning in September 2025 through to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30857/25]

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Has the Minister of State ever stepped back and reviewed the performance of Fianna Fáil in running the Department of housing over the past few years? I refer to a performance review, so to speak, because from the outside looking in, the performance of Fianna Fáil in the Department of housing is looking disastrous and in need of a complete overhaul. Across Kilkenny, we have...

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I thank the Minister for coming in. On the figures for bovine TB, the estimated figure for 2025 is down on last year. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Yes. For 2024 it is €97 million and for 2025 the estimate is €73 million. Does that also include the payments for farmers whose animals have come down with TB?

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Obviously not, so it will have to be increased or come from somewhere.

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: As regards the transport controls for animal health, last year it was €900,000 but it is €700,000 for this year. Why is there-----

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: It is just under it. It is A3. Should that not be more, not less? I refer to the animal transport controls and the inspections.

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: It is under the same page. It is on the second page of the Estimates. Basically, €900,000 was the target for 2024. This year it is €700,000, so it is down on figures. Should that not be the same or at least more?

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Basically, it is the estimated number of animals that are controls.

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Yes. Can the Minister explain the agri-environment scheme, which is on the next page? It is B3 and B4. What is the difference between the agri-environment scheme and the agri-climate rural environment scheme? Are they ACRES? I refer to B3, the agri-environment scheme, and B14, the agri-climate rural environment scheme. Both those figures are way down, so I want to know-----

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I am referring to B3 and B14, the agri-enviroment schemes. There are two: the agri-environment scheme and the agri-climate rural environment scheme.

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Will the ACRES payments be delayed again then? Is that what will happen there without the money?

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: So do I.