Results 21-40 of 45 for speaker:Natasha Newsome Drennan

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10902/25]

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: On Saturday, we mark International Women's Day. We celebrate the resilience, strength and the invaluable contributions women make every day in Irish society but we must also confront the inequalities that persist in our society. I raise in particular the immense role women across Ireland contribute as carers for those in need. We all recognise that carers are the backbone and support for...

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: We need to see meaningful action that will bring positive change. This International Women's Day, let us raise our voices as a society to say we value carers as an essential part of our society and we demand they are given the support and respect of which they are so deserving. I commend my own mother, who looked after my father, and was a carer for a number of years. Their role is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 415. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the vaccine damage scheme for Covid-vaccine injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8891/25]

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: We are debating an issue that touches every family and community across Ireland, which is the future of healthcare for our ageing population. This is far more than just a policy discussion. It is about ensuring dignity, safety and quality of life for our parents, grandparents and, one day, ourselves. The facts are clear. By 2030, more than 1 million people in Ireland will be aged 65 or...

Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: For generations, agriculture has been the heartbeat of Ireland's economy, culture and rural identity. Today, over 170,000 people are employed across the sector. That number shows the agrifood sector is the backbone of communities across the State. Many of my family members, neighbours and friends are part of that 170,000-strong workforce that contributes to the strength of Irish...

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Every child has a fundamental right to education. It is a right that all children should enjoy equally. We must, however, face the reality that in Ireland in 2025, it is not the case. Some of the most vulnerable children in Irish society are being left behind. Parents are left waiting years for an assessment and are left battling to find a school that can provide the correct resources for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: The position of communities right across the State is clear when it comes to the Mercosur trade deal. It will be bad for Irish farming, it will be bad for the environment and it will be bad for people's health. Last week in the European Parliament we had a clear opportunity to show Irish MEPs are united in our opposition to the deal. Brazil and Argentina are the world's top GMO and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (18 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed bus route A90 in Kilkenny will begin operation; if Kilmacow will be serviced by this bus route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6204/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given a commitment to provide funding for the northern ring road around Kilkenny, as reported by the local media on 29 January 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6205/25]

Road Safety: Statements (13 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: In 2024 alone, 174 lives were lost on Irish roads. Behind every number is a name, a family shattered and a community left grieving. There are few families across the country that have not been left devastated by the grief of losing someone to a road traffic collision. The location of the Rhu Glenn Hotel on the N25 near my home in Kilkenny is one such blackspot. Time and again it has...

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

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a disability allowance application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5429/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4705/25]

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: As a person who lives on a family farm, I am more than familiar with the struggles that farmers across Ireland are facing. Farming is at the centre of every community across Carlow and Kilkenny. As the recent storms and heavy snowfall showed us, farmers and communities in rural Ireland always step to the fore in supporting one another in times of need and difficulty. The programme for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: As this is also my first time speaking in the Chamber, I would like to thank the people of Carlow and Kilkenny for putting their faith in me. I will leave no stone unturned. To my family, especially my parents and husband, and to my friends and activists, I am extremely grateful. Thank you. Across Carlow and Kilkenny, parents are struggling to find adequate childcare places. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2025)

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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Safety (5 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review into the road safety along Luffany/Slieverue/Rhu Glenn has taken place, due to the high number of road traffic fatalities on this stretch of road; if a review has not been conducted, whether he will instruct Transport Infrastructure Ireland to carry out a road safety review to assess the measures that can be put in place to...

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

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a disability allowance application for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2329/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Feb 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 907. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure Ukrainian families currently residing at the Tougher's site on the outskirts of Carlow town in County Carlow can remain at this accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2328/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Jan 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine issues with a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1598/25]