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Cathy Bennett

Sinn Féin Cavan-Monaghan TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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641
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
54,833
words spoken in the chamber
Across 379 contributions
414
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
163
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 641 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 379 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 33 17
March 2025 12 21
April 2025 79 10
May 2025 54 24
June 2025 20 17
July 2025 16 12
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 6 9
October 2025 9 28
November 2025 58 43
December 2025 57 18
January 2026 45 35
February 2026 35 42
March 2026 13 25
April 2026 50 21
May 2026 39 11
June 2026 34 8
July 2026 17 10
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 44 15
October 2026 20 13

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 188 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Cavan-Monaghan 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Cathy Bennett Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
361. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the works completed under the OPW’s measured term maintenance contract with a value greater than €250,000 in the year 2023; the initial estimate and total cost to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52089/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
60. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe in which it is intended to deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child. [50184/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Defence
375. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current height restrictions in the Defence Forces; if the possibility has been examined of reducing these, either in full or with regard to certain roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43793/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
586. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport to outline the earliest construction start and end dates regarding the N2 Clontibret-to-the-Border road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43850/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
762. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Finance the amount that Ireland has had invested in companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including east Jerusalem; the amount of profit Ireland has derived from such investments; the change in value of such investments in the years 2022 to date, by year and by company; and if he will…
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2233. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43942/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2234. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the amount raised from farmers through levies; the contribution of the European Union; the amount of Exchequer funding allocated to the TB allocation programme; the TB incidence rate, in each the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43943/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2606. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the number of dental positions in County Monaghan, including the number vacant, by quarter since 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41094/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3186. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of children in Cavan and Monaghan that received all routine dental check-ups through the Schools Programme; the number who have not, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43787/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3187. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists that accept medical card patients for dental treatment under the medical card scheme, by county, in the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43788/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3188. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the details for the basis on which women aged over 35 are excluded from the free contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43789/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3189. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health to examine the cost and feasibility of providing MRI/CT scanners in Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43790/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3197. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the recourse available to parents whose children have not been offered or received routine dental check-ups as part of the schools programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43835/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3205. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the current allocated WTE for dental and orthodontic posts in County Monaghan; the current number vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43849/25]
Cathy Bennett Oral 15 Jul 2025 · 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]
Cathy Bennett Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Finance
126. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Finance his proposals to protect mortgage holders from high interest rates. [39380/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 3 Jul 2025 · 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]
Cathy Bennett Written 3 Jul 2025 · 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]
Cathy Bennett Written 26 Jun 2025 · 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]
Cathy Bennett Written 26 Jun 2025 · 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]
Cathy Bennett Written 26 Jun 2025 · 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]
Cathy Bennett Written 26 Jun 2025 · 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]
Cathy Bennett Written 24 Jun 2025 · 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]
Cathy Bennett Written 24 Jun 2025 · 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]
Cathy Bennett Written 19 Jun 2025 · 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]