Results 1-20 of 45 for speaker:Natasha Newsome Drennan

Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I strongly welcome the allocation of time today to discuss Uisce Éireann. This week, the community of Castlecomer in north Kilkenny received yet another notification of overnight water restrictions. This is a recurring issue that they have endured for years. This time the cause is critically low water levels. It is now April. We have not even reached the summer months and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Inquiries (10 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of feedback provided by craftspeople in relation to their experience of their participation in the Collect 24 exhibition under the auspices of the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCI) and the subsequent threat of legal action against the authors of the feedback by DCCI; his views on whether organisations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 367. To ask the Minister for Health when staff at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive their section 39 payment increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18126/25]

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: This is welcome legislation from the Government. An increasing cohort of workers opt to work past their planned retirement age, some into their late 60s or even into their 70s. While this is fundamentally a personal choice for many, it would be naïve to ignore the external factors which put workers into a situation where they feel they have no choice but to keep working. These factors...

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I am getting to it. It is the cost to them. Now, Ireland’s energy costs are the most expensive in the EU. The consequences are stark. Research carried out by ALONE shows one in three people over 65 are at risk of poverty. This is a national disgrace. After a lifetime of contribution to society, a third of our elders face possible poverty. Is it any wonder so many feel compelled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason parents of children attending a school (details supplied) were not informed of the route change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16358/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: It is only available in the United States.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: The Government should not be putting-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I raise the case of a young William Jonathan Moore, a four-year-old boy from Kilkenny who has been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD. This condition is so rare that no treatment is available in Ireland. William has been accepted at the Boston Children's Hospital for treatment. However, as I am sure the Taoiseach is aware, the treatment abroad...

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: We are in the midst of a housing crisis that is worsening month by month. It is the actions of this Government, its refusal to listen to experts and its insistence that the market will provide that has accelerated this crisis so rapidly. All we see from this Government is its head in the sand as it refuses to admit the market has failed. These actions have failed rural Ireland so...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a domiciliary allowance application for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15906/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (1 Apr 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the works at the national monument of Ballymoon Castle, Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15744/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has not sanctioned a school (details supplied) to go to tender for the necessary extension of six classrooms and associated works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14035/25]

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: I strongly welcome this motion. Earlier today in the audiovisual room, a group of young family carers gave a powerful description of the work they do and the impact the lack of supports - and the utter lack of State support - is having. Carers are the backbone of our society. They are the quiet, everyday heroes who give everything to care for loved ones. The respect and high regard that...

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: The ordinary people of counties Carlow and Kilkenny are paying the price of the failures of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Month after month, the housing crisis deepens. Average rents in Carlow and Kilkenny are almost €1,600 a month, which is a staggering burden for workers and families. Scores of people want to build or buy their own home across Kilkenny. They have worked hard...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Citizenship Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1006. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the disability allowance appeal decision in relation to person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11108/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Mar 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1007. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11110/25]

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

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an ACRES payment application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10663/25]

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

Natasha Newsome Drennan: 1252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in each county awaiting ACRES payments for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/25]