Results 201-220 of 866 for speaker:Cathy Bennett
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)
Cathy Bennett: So the Deputy is going to vote against it.
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Tomorrow, the Deputy will have his chance.
- Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)
Cathy Bennett: That is right.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his proposals, and the status thereof, arising from the strategic rail review with regards to County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51815/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the earliest estimated completion date of the N2-Clontibret to the Border road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51816/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (30 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the countries/states/provinces which Ireland has licence exchange agreements; those which his Department are engaged in the process of obtaining such an agreement; the year such processes began; the average timeframe to achieve such an agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51737/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: 360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the years in which Office of Public Works has signed a measured term maintenance contract, and the duration of such; the number of tenders received in each instance; the successful tender; the estimated value of works to be carried out in each per the tender; the outturn in each year; and if he will make a statement...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: 361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works completed under the OPW’s measured term maintenance contract with a value greater than €250,000 in the year 2023; the initial estimate and total cost to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52089/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: So, the Government is putting up fees.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: The Government is putting up fees. Just to clarify, we are in the South and the Government is putting up fees.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Thank you.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: In the face of an ongoing cost-of-living crisis and a student accommodation crisis that has seen more students and families forced to pay upwards of €14,000 for a single year's accommodation, and despite having contested the general election on a platform of reducing college fees, the first action the Government took was to announce an increase of college fees of €1,000 per...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: The Government put up their fees by €1,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Can we ask the Residential Tenancies Board to appear before us? Is it on the list? I have heard a lot of complaints about the Residential Tenancies Board over the last year or two. Is it possible to get them in to get clarity on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: That is okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: I welcome Mr. Finnegan and all the staff from the commission today, and well done to him on all his hard work over the years and to everybody else as well. It has been a long road for you, Peter, so well done on the great work, and thank you.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: I have a few questions. I want to first go back to the Pi Comms contract and the broadcasters. In discussions with the broadcasters, they actually said that for value for money, it would be more beneficial for the commission to employ them. Does Mr. Finnegan feel that is true or not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Mr. Finnegan said earlier in relation to the tender that they could actually procure for the tender as well and put in for the tender.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: There was something in the contract that they had to be in operation for six months.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
Cathy Bennett: On their tender and other tenders or contractors that the Oireachtas would put out for, are other contractors doing the same? For example, with cleaning, kitchen and catering staff, are they getting part-time contracts as well?