Results 1-20 of 78 for speaker:Natasha Newsome Drennan

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Last week, we witnessed highly distressing scenes of neglect and abuse at two Emeis-operated nursing homes in Dublin and Portlaoise. These were scenes the Government had long assured us were consigned to history. First and foremost, my thoughts are with the individuals and families affected. I hope counselling and health services have been made available immediately to them. If not, the...

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Genocide is taking place in Gaza. There is widespread ethnic cleansing happening across Palestine. Israel is an apartheid state. Almost every week, weapons are being transported through Ireland to Israel and these weapons are being used to continue that genocide and ethnic cleansing and to uphold the brutal system of apartheid. There is absolutely no denying this. While there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills that staff allocation a school (details supplied) will have for the upcoming school term beginning in September 2025 through to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30857/25]

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Across Kilkenny, almost 100 council-owned homes lie empty. Over 60 of them will remain empty throughout 2025. Almost one third have been boarded up for over a year. Dozens of families and people in dire need of housing have been blocked from a home of their own this year. While the Government will try to pass the blame on to the local council, the fault and blame lies solely at the feet...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1020. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for an entry visa under the critical skills programme for a person (details supplied) who submitted their application on 23 November 2024; the maximum timeframe for processing an entry visa application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29666/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Jun 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1021. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for a spousal visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29667/25]

Flood Relief: Statements (29 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I welcome this opportunity to contribute on the crucial issue of flood relief schemes. My home county of Kilkenny has borne the brunt of devastating floods far too often in recent times. We do not need to look too far into the past; we all remember the damage done across Kilkenny by Storm Babet in 2023, when the banks of the River Nore broke, leaving Kilkenny city suffering heavy flooding...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (28 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: The volume of traffic on this route has increased hugely. For 2024, we are looking at a figure of 15,000. That should be 8,000 or 9,000. This route has hugely exceeded what it was built for. There are also 11 local road junctions along this road now. This road was not built for those. We have what is the main route for Wexford traffic coming in to go to the hospitals. More than 80...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (28 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Part of the N25, in particular the stretch out past the Rhu Glenn, can be described in no other terms than a deadly accident black spot. Over the past number of years, there have been several fatal road accidents along this road. The road traffic report clearly states that the road has completely exceeded the safe number of vehicles. It has a 360% increase in road users. The community has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: It is great to have the Minister attend along with so many officials. I welcome his opening remarks and it is positive to see progress on the ACRES payment scheme. Farmers put a lot of faith into the scheme and I would not like to see any more delays in it. Officials from the EU were in Leinster House last week to brief Members on the Mercosur deal. I raised with them several concerns...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: What feedback is the Minister getting? Is it good?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Regarding Mercosur, has the Government identified enough like-minded EU members if a veto is needed?

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

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of transporting special education children to school in Carlow for the academic years 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27539/25]

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

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of transporting special education children to school in Kilkenny for the academic years 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27540/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Policy (27 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the recently published National Planning Framework which allocates national renewable energy targets to regions using a geospatial, grid-led and even growth approach, if he will confirm the specific setback distance from sensitive receptors was applied in the analysis for wind energy; if he will clarify which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Policy (27 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the recently published National Planning Framework which allocates national renewable energy targets to regions using a geospatial, grid-led and even-growth approach, if he will provide a copy of the allocation analysis and the modelling iterations carried out, including the turbine specifications used, such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the type of visa a person (details supplied) who is currently in Ireland is on; if they can apply for Irish citizenship; the steps they need to take to move towards this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27173/25]

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: The United Nations has reported that up to 14,000 children in Gaza are at risk of starving to death in the next 48 hours. That is the same number of children under the age of 18 living in Carlow. It is unimaginable to picture that amount of death for such innocent children - 14,000 childhoods erased in 48 hours. The genocide in Gaza is reaching levels of unimaginable horror. Yesterday,...

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I thank the Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. As someone who has worked as a carer in the disabilities sector for 18 years, I am acutely aware of the struggles facing this sector. This motion clearly sets out the vital role carers and front-line healthcare workers play in our society. The role they carry out every day across Ireland is a quiet but vital contribution to...

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: Over 15,000 children are currently awaiting an assessment of need. By the end of this year, that number is expected to soar to over 24,000. The law set out in the Disability Act clearly states children must be assessed within six months, but only 7% of children are assessed within that timeframe. Day after day, the Government is breaking the law and, in doing so, failing vulnerable...