Results 61-80 of 135 for speaker:Cathy Bennett

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Shame on you.

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I thank the Social Democrats for putting forward this motion. Ireland can be proud of our contributions to the multilateral system in terms of the role we have played regarding humanitarianism, disarmament, non-proliferation and peacekeeping. Alongside our diplomatic corps and peacekeepers, who see policy enacted, our independent foreign policy and triple lock neutrality protection, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: When you are in government, you are in government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: Is that when you are in government?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers in Cavan and Monaghan impacted by delays to ACRES payments to date; the number who still have not been paid; the reason for such delays; when payments are expected to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13739/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (25 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the success of new regulations introduced to combat bovine tuberculosis since 2020; the new measures he intends to introduce in support of bovine tuberculosis eradication; the supports he intends to make available to farmers to ensure that they do not alone bear the financial burden of the implementation of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I again put it to the Minister that 280 is well below the 500 needed under the Istanbul Convention. A number of weeks ago, I sought a Dáil debate on the provision of these services in my constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. The Minister will be familiar with the fact that the people in our community are among those without any refuge spaces at all. It is a deep concern that the current...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: So, because they do not do it, we do not do it either.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse refuge spaces in the State; his target for the delivery of additional refuge spaces by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12811/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I congratulate the Minister on his new post. Will the Minister outline the current capacity of domestic violence refuge spaces and his intentions to increase this to an adequate standard?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: I am delighted to hear that the Minister is committed. I hope he will be able to make the necessary changes. The Government delivered seven spaces by the end of 2023. It delivered 12 in 2024. The language I have heard the Minister use referring to 54 units under construction, or due for refurbishment this year, suggests to me a net increase of less than 54. In the best case scenario that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals to support renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12939/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to meet the target of the Lisbon Declaration on the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness to end homelessness by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12938/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe in which they intend to introduce a register of domestic abusers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12810/25]

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: The number of adults accessing emergency accommodation across the north-east region that comprises Louth, Cavan and Monaghan in a single week in January was 263. That is an increase of nearly one third on the same period last year. The number of children involved was 130, a near 70% increase year on year. What can the Government do? The tenant in situ scheme is one mechanism that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if individuals are notified in advance by the Road Safety Authority of their approaching need for re-testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12301/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (19 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 945. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to media reports that he is considering introducing charges on domestic households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12327/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Interest Rates (19 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 946. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Housing Finance Agency reviewed its interest rates in the period 2022 to date; to provide details of any adjustments that arose from any such review; the criteria on which a decision to adjust rates are based; if there is any governmental oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12337/25]

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

Cathy Bennett: Is onóir mhór dom a bheith anseo inniu le labhairt faoi Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan. International Women's Day is an opportunity to recall and pay tribute to the women who came before us. The rights we have today are their legacy, won and taken by them, never freely given by others. It is not a cause for celebration, but rather a warning and a reminder. A warning...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Cathy Bennett: 27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail any proposals to cultivate tourism in Border areas. [10193/25]