Results 201-220 of 225 for speaker:Cathy Bennett

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to storm Éowyn and the supports available to local businesses adversely impacted as a result. [6707/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his intentions to improve local electricity infrastructure and ensure increased redundancy to mitigate the impact of adverse weather events. [6706/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his engagements with Eirgrid. [6705/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Official Engagements (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the official engagements in his Ministerial diary, and that of any Minister of State in his Department, for the week ending 16 February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7047/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (18 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount the State has invested in Eirgrid, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5637/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (18 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his considerations in relation to the greater undergrounding of electricity infrastructure in rural Ireland, in response to the largescale service interruptions which arose due to Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5638/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (18 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his proposals to increase the capacity of local electricity infrastructure, to sustain the impact of adverse weather events without mass power outages, such as those experienced in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5640/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare accounts were suspended in County Monaghan during Storm Éowyn; the recourse available to those part-time workers who lost payments due to being unable to submit a job seekers declaration; the contingency plans which were in place prior to Storm Éowyn; their proposals to introduce more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Weather Events (18 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 717. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the public health response/contingency planning regarding significant adverse weather events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5635/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 718. To ask the Minister for Health the basis upon which healthcare students on a placement or internship will be granted or refused payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5636/25]

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]

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...

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...

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...

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]

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...

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]