Results 441-460 of 471 for speaker:Cathy Bennett

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

Cathy Bennett: Comhghairdeas, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. We all wish to see an environment of co-operation fostered between the Department of agriculture and farmers in order that farmers would feel that they, as the primary producers, were viewed by the Department as its primary stakeholder. All too often, however, the relationship is antagonistic. Part of the reason for this is that the Department is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: In counties such as Monaghan, rather than tar as a new dawn, as one Minister described it, people instead continue to damage their suspension and blow out tyres following yet another false dawn. Despite all the bluster of Ministers, maintenance and road repair funding in County Monaghan will not increase significantly to improve road repairs. That is because 43% of the additional funding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Exports (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I understand the Department's position is that the officials provide a thorough risk-assessment to ensure that, in the Minister of State's own words, as far as possible, items are only used for their stated purpose. The Government has intervened in a case before the International Court of Justice where Israel is on trial for the crime of genocide. The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Exports (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: In 2022, Ireland's dual-use exports to Israel amounted to €10.7 million, yet in the first eight months of the genocide, those exports ballooned to €32.1 million. Now, the Minister of State tells us that over the period of the genocide, seven licences have been approved from Ireland. At a time when Israel's economy is struggling, does the Minister of State not find this in any...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Exports (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of and value related to dual-use export licences granted to end users based in Israel, by quarter, since Q3 2023; and his engagements with Cabinet colleagues in relation to such. [6708/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Exports (20 Feb 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I would also like to congratulate the new Ministers, especially the Minister of State, Niamh Smyth, from my constituency. Well done and congratulations to you all. Will the Minister outline the total number and value of goods and services with military applications that have been sanctioned with Israel since the onset of its genocide in Palestine?

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...