Natasha Newsome Drennan
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Sinn Féin · Carlow-Kilkenny · serving since 2024-11-29
- Vote recorded in 399 of 401 divisions in the archive
- 157 debate contributions
- 143 parliamentary questions asked
Record timeline
- constituency Carlow-Kilkenny 2024-11-29 to present
- party Sinn Féin 2024-11-29 to present
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2026-07-16 · to Education
26. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on pupil teacher ratios of classrooms in primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54062/26]
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2026-07-16 · to Education
108. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are any legal requirements in relation to the minimum space requirement for children in classrooms; if she has examined the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54063/26]
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2026-07-09 · to Agriculture
44. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of Brazilian beef imported to Ireland since May 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52218/26]
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2026-07-09 · to Agriculture
73. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been increased physical checks on Brazilian beef into Ireland following the EU Commissions plans to remove Brazilian beef from the EU safe food list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52217/26]
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2026-07-08 · to Agriculture
179. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government will draw down funding from the EU fertiliser support plan to provide direct payments to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52274/26]
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2026-07-08 · to Agriculture
180. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to implement the recommendations of the report on generational renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52275/26]
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2026-07-08 · to Agriculture
181. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which beef found to have tuberculosis present at the time of slaughtering is processed; if this beef is processed for human consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52276/26]
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2026-07-08 · to Agriculture
182. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned regarding the high volume of importing of Brazilian beef impact on public health, since the EU commission announced plans to remove it from the EU safe food list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52277/26]
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2026-07-08 · to Agriculture
183. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the recent Bord Bia report, given its failure to adequately address public concerns regarding a potential conflict of interest arising from the chairperson's involvement in the importation of Brazilian beef into Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52278/26]
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2026-06-23 · to Transport
196. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Transport the additional emergency funding that was allocated to each local authority for the repair and to reconstruct roads damaged by flooding during Storm Chandra; the amount that has been drawn down by each of the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47598/26]
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2026-06-23 · to Finance
253. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated from VAT applied to the sale of centre fire rifle ammunition for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47247/26]
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2026-06-23 · to Agriculture
576. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of applicants for the badger biosecurity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47235/26]
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2026-06-23 · to Agriculture
577. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of successful applicants for the badger biosecurity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47236/26]
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2026-06-23 · to Agriculture
578. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of successful applicants and rejected applicants per county for the badger biosecurity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47237/26]
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2026-06-23 · to Agriculture
579. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planned locations of cold storage units under the scheme proposed by the Deer Management Strategy Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47245/26]
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2026-06-23 · to Agriculture
580. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost associated with each of the planned cold storage units under the scheme proposed by Deer Management Strategy Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47246/26]
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2026-06-23 · to Health
740. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health if a proposal for the reimbursement of vamorolone (Agamree) under the HSE drug reimbursement scheme has been submitted to the HSE Drugs Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47252/26]
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2026-06-18 · to Health
523. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health when the commercial proposal request to include skyclarys on the agenda for the June HSE Drugs Group meeting was received by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46675/26]
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2026-06-18 · to Health
524. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health to list the personnel that form the membership of the HSE Drugs Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46676/26]
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2026-06-18 · to Health
525. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the frequency with which the HSE Drugs Group has met to date in 2026; and the outstanding meetings for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46677/26]
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2026-06-18 · to Health
526. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the engagements she has had with those advocating on behalf of people living with Friedreich's ataxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46678/26]
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2026-06-11 · to Climate
15. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the cause, and the perpetrator, of the large fish kill in Blackwater, north Cork in 2025 has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29366/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Education
763. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of places in ASD units in schools located in County Kilkenny for 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41590/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Education
764. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of places that will be available in ASD units in schools located in County Kilkenny for the next school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41591/26]
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2026-06-09 · to Education
794. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department's attention has been drawn to a Tusla report which found that allegations of physical and emotional abuse by a teacher (details supplied) against a student were "founded"; and if she will clarify how this teacher was subsequently employed as a principal in a school in Dublin. [42038/26]