Cathy Bennett
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Sinn Féin · Cavan-Monaghan · serving since 2024-11-29
- Vote recorded in 376 of 401 divisions in the archive
- 351 debate contributions
- 577 parliamentary questions asked
Record timeline
- constituency Cavan-Monaghan 2024-11-29 to present
- party Sinn Féin 2024-11-29 to present
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2025-07-15 · to Finance
100. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Finance if any analysis has been carried to assess the level of dividend forgone as a result of the State selling AIB, for each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [39381/25]
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2025-07-15 · to Finance
126. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Finance his proposals to protect mortgage holders from high interest rates. [39380/25]
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2025-07-03 · to Justice
16. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the projected annual cost for Ireland of participation in the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration for each of the next five years, broken down by current and capital expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36668/25]
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2025-07-03 · to Justice
68. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of serving gardaí and those had retired or resigned within the previous five years who were convicted of a crime in each of the past ten years, by rank and by category of conviction, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36669/25]
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2025-06-26 · to Health
82. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the basis of excluding women over the age of 35 from accessing the free contraception scheme. [34921/25]
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2025-06-26 · to Health
116. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health her proposals to provide adequate access to care for people with endometriosis. [34920/25]
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2025-06-26 · to Culture
142. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps Monaghan County Council needs to take to secure funding for sports facilities at the convent lands in Monaghan town. [34926/25]
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2025-06-26 · to Culture
158. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will report on the operation of the large-scale sports infrastructure fund. [34925/25]
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2025-06-24 · to Transport
153. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the inclusion of a bypass for Monaghan town in the National Development Plan; the steps that Monaghan County Council must take to secure its inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24846/25]
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2025-06-24 · to Foreign
199. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding raised through the work of honorary consuls; the amount expended in support of their work, by country and by year, for the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33708/25]
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2025-06-19 · to Enterprise
44. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline the engagements he has had with a view to job creation and retention in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33205/25]
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2025-06-19 · to Enterprise
51. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline the accommodation capacity available to the tourism sector; the number of bed nights in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by county, by quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33204/25]
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2025-06-19 · to Social
130. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of expenditure to date regarding the creation and operation of the Public Services Card; the amount expended in relation to regulatory and legal challenges regarding the card; if he accepts that the card records biometric data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33202/25]
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2025-06-19 · to Social
131. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline his targets regarding the eradication of child poverty; his efforts to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33203/25]
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2025-06-19 · to Social
331. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline her engagements regarding the hot school meals programme. [31315/25]
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2025-06-17 · to Children
89. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the amount by which childcare costs have reduced since the formation of Government. [32460/25]
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2025-06-17 · to Children
129. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe in which she intends to cap childcare costs at €200 per month. [32459/25]
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2025-06-17 · to Health
744. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 15 May 2025, if the HSE has compiled the requested information regarding the number of GPs by county or smallest geographic region available; the number per capita; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31824/25]
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2025-06-12 · to Defence
29. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason the Air Corps has reduced operations to a five-day work week. [31309/25]
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2025-06-12 · to Defence
66. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he was first apprised of the possibility of the Air Corps reducing its operational hours; if he received recommendations as to how the situation could be averted; and the actions he took to prevent the situation from arising. [31310/25]
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2025-06-12 · to Education
164. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional special classes that will be opened in County Monaghan in 2025. [31316/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Climate
140. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on his engagements with Eirgrid and the matters discussed. [30330/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Climate
152. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will outline the meetings he has had and briefings received in respect of the North-South Interconnector. [30329/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Enterprise
450. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will report on the funding allocated from the shared island fund in support of tourism; and the purpose of any such allocations, by year, in tabular form. [29420/25]
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2025-05-29 · to Foreign
176. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his engagements and position regarding the Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27331/25]