Results 421-440 of 471 for speaker:Cathy Bennett

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Mental and physical health is one of the strands considered in the Government's well-being framework analysis. In counties Cavan, Louth, Laois, Meath and Monaghan, the well-being of people and our communities will be negatively impacted by the recent downgrading of the services of SOSAD Ireland. They have been downgraded because of a lack of sustainable funding. The potential for this had...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (4 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which she intends to establish the Assisted Human Reproduction Authority and enact any supplementary legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9382/25]

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I wish both Ministers well in their new roles. However, I must say that this Government has yet to show the political will needed to resolve the housing crisis. This has been made more apparent in recent weeks as the Government's pre-election confidence in reaching its housing targets was revealed to be utter fantasy. I hope the Government takes note of the Housing Commission's report...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training provided to teachers to ensure the adequate provision of education to students with special educational needs. [8610/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to ensure that there is a suitable school place for every child with special educational needs in County Monaghan in September 2025. [8609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his proposals to ensure that part-time workers unable to submit jobseeker’s allowance declarations in emergency circumstances do not see payments delayed, as occurred recently during storm Éowyn. [8620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the divisions and units that operate within his Department; the bodies that operate under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8780/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to schools regarding the heating of school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8769/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of the divisions and units that operate within the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8779/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated to Enable Ireland in the years 2023 to date; the purpose thereof, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8757/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the free HRT scheme announced under Budget 2025 is delayed; the timeframe in which she intends for it to be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8759/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the supports available to those undertaking apprenticeships; if any specific support is available to assist with the purchase of tools and equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8764/25]

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

Cathy Bennett: -----including more pharmacies, rehab care and sport, housing and the environment.

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

Cathy Bennett: I ask the Minister-----

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

Cathy Bennett: -----as a starting point that if she will not implement Sinn Féin's plan, will she please-----

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

Cathy Bennett: -----do her very best to cause no further harm?

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

Cathy Bennett: I wish the Minister and the Minister of State well in their new roles. I hope they can change healthcare in this country. I have been listening to and taking part in Dáil debates over the past few weeks and it seems easy for the Government to portray that the increased demand for public services has just come out of the ether. Population modelling seems to be only considered as an...

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: In April of last year, the then Fianna Fáil Minister of State at the Department of Transport, and now Minister for public expenditure, described the prior hiring of 30 testers as not enough. He assured us that we would see significant progress between October and the end of the year and that we would get back to a ten-week waiting time early in the following year. It is now early...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (25 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her proposals to ensure that every child without a suitable school place, and those due to start in primary or secondary school in September 2025, will have access to a suitable school place within a reasonable distance from their home. [7877/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 792. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current vacancy rate in children's disability network teams; and her proposals to recruit sufficient staff to ensure that children have access to the therapies and services they require. [7876/25]