Results 1-20 of 157 for speaker:Cathy Bennett

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: First, I congratulate Deputy Brady in his new role as the Cathaoirleach of the PAC. It is a very prestigious Cathaoirleach position to have taken up so I commend him, congratulate him and wish him well in the time ahead. I would also like to let Mr. Seamus McCarthy know that we are here to help in any way we can. We also ask that he helps us to ensure we get the very best value for public...

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: In advance of the general election, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil were content to trumpet commitments in their manifestos to deliver childcare at a cost of €200 per month to parents. The programme for Government will have disappointed those parents, as will the Minister and her inaction over the first 100 days in the lifetime of this Government, when we have seen no action taken to...

Europe Day: Statements (7 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Is Europe Day a day to celebrate? It is certainly not for Irish farm families who have weathered a tough decade with Brexit, the pandemic and increasing input costs compounded by the energy crisis. It is unforgivable that uncertainty is thrust upon them by their own Government as has been for the case for nearly a decade regarding the Mercosur trade agreement with both Fine Gael and Fianna...

International Workers’ Day: Statements (1 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: International Workers' Day should be a celebration of the advancement of workers' rights; a celebration of those who have made great sacrifices to better the condition of ordinary workers. It is also an opportunity to reaffirm our demand for workers' rights fit for a modern era. It is a day to reaffirm our demand for the Government to improve workers' rights and conditions, and especially...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (1 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to the closure of the co-operative creamery in Monaghan town; his proposals to support job creation in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the PRSI pension contributions recorded for women who are absent from the workforce while caring for children; his proposals to alleviate the undue financial hardship incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21857/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received under the humanitarian assistance scheme; the number of appeals received; the number of appeals as of yet undecided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentistry positions in Monaghan; the number vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21855/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 May 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontistry positions in Monaghan; the number vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21856/25]

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I thank the Labour Party for bringing this motion forward. As the Minister knows, families in County Monaghan have been campaigning for access to appropriate and adequate education for their children with special educational needs for years. They are entitled to it and should not have to fight for it. They campaign for new and additional classrooms within existing schools and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the N2-Clontibret-to-the-Border road project to date; the amount allocated in 2025; the amount required to complete the upgrades; the earliest potential construction start and completion dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21594/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the N2-Ardee to Castleblayney road project to date; the amount allocated in 2025; the amount required to complete the upgrades; the earliest potential construction start and completion dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21595/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces for children with additional needs in Monaghan; the plans to increase such; the timeframe to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21590/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals to support the tourism sector due to a decrease in tourism in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in County Monaghan, by quarter, for the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to ensure that everyone requiring an assessment of needs receives one within an adequate timeframe; the timeframe in which such will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and occupancy rate in Monaghan hospital, by category and by month, in each of the years 2023 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21591/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the basis upon which the free contraception scheme excludes those aged over 35; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21598/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (30 Apr 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the drug rehabilitation services available in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21599/25]