Results 1-20 of 135 for speaker:Cathy Bennett

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Bus Éireann (5 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of instances in 2024 whereby Bus Éireann's Expressway 32 route did not depart on time from Monaghan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2394/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Bus Éireann (5 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the policy of Bus Éireann to refrain from employing those aged over 70 as school bus drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2451/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Education and Training Provision (5 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to open an education centre in County Cavan; if she will outline her considerations and plans in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2813/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Special Educational Needs (5 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which special education hours are allocated to a school; the format of an assessment or pre-assessment; the training provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2814/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Costs (5 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism by which schools are financially supported regarding costs associated with oil, electricity, and insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2815/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Equipment (5 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to schools regarding the purchase and installation of solar panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2816/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: European Union (5 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his engagements with his European counterparts, and the European Union, regarding assistance to alleviate the impact of storm Éowyn; the timeframe in which it was first considered to seek assistance; when a request for assistance was first made; if an offer of support was offered in advance of this;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the purchase of diesel for the purpose of running a generator falls within the scope of the humanitarian assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3510/25]

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (6 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Is onóir mhór í dom labhairt anseo mar Theachta Dála ar an Chabhán agus Muineachán. I am proud to stand here today for the first time as an elected representative of the people of Cavan and Monaghan. Mine is the same constituency that returned hunger striker Kieran Doherty in 1981 and in 1997 returned my friend and colleague, Caoimhghín Ó...

Programme for Government: Statements (Resumed) (11 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Pre-election claims to the effect that the Government would deliver 40,000 homes last year now hang like an albatross around the neck of its credibility. The housing crisis permeates virtually every corner of Irish society. Schools are unable to hire teachers, gardaí are unable to secure accommodation in the communities in which they serve and students have been abandoned, while...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (12 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: There has been a long-standing issue regarding the lack of domestic violence refuges in counties Cavan and Monaghan. In its submission to the justice committee on refuges in August 2021, Safe Ireland, the national policy service support and development hub for 39 specialist domestic violence services, many of which provide refuge, highlighted that there were nine counties without refuge...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (12 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I thank the Minister of State. It is disappointing the Minister for Justice is not here, as we could have had a more substantive engagement. I reiterate that Cavan and Monaghan are only being considered for one refuge and ask that the Minister considers two refuges, one for each county. Why are we being treated unfairly in those counties? As well as enduring emotional, psychological...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding Ireland's obligations arising from the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice regarding legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the role of the National Transport Authority regarding Bus Éireann expressway routes; any service obligations under which such routes operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Weather Events (13 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the humanitarian assistance scheme, or other financial assistance, is available to those requiring tree removal necessitated by the impact of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5317/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Exports (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of and value related to dual-use export licences granted to end users based in Israel, by quarter, since Q3 2023; and his engagements with Cabinet colleagues in relation to such. [6708/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Exports (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I would also like to congratulate the new Ministers, especially the Minister of State, Niamh Smyth, from my constituency. Well done and congratulations to you all. Will the Minister outline the total number and value of goods and services with military applications that have been sanctioned with Israel since the onset of its genocide in Palestine?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Exports (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I understand the Department's position is that the officials provide a thorough risk-assessment to ensure that, in the Minister of State's own words, as far as possible, items are only used for their stated purpose. The Government has intervened in a case before the International Court of Justice where Israel is on trial for the crime of genocide. The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Exports (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: In 2022, Ireland's dual-use exports to Israel amounted to €10.7 million, yet in the first eight months of the genocide, those exports ballooned to €32.1 million. Now, the Minister of State tells us that over the period of the genocide, seven licences have been approved from Ireland. At a time when Israel's economy is struggling, does the Minister of State not find this in any...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: In counties such as Monaghan, rather than tar as a new dawn, as one Minister described it, people instead continue to damage their suspension and blow out tyres following yet another false dawn. Despite all the bluster of Ministers, maintenance and road repair funding in County Monaghan will not increase significantly to improve road repairs. That is because 43% of the additional funding...