Results 41-60 of 244 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: As we are well aware, early intervention is vital. It could help the situation down the road.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: We are well aware that the number of homeless children at the moment is not good for our country. Perhaps more should be done for children. We should see if more supports could be put in place to keep them on the right road.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the roads in Clare that will be covered by phase 3 of the LDV grant scheme; the timelines for the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33942/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the progress made on the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33943/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 369. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of foreign direct investment (FDI) jobs in counties Clare, Galway and Limerick in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the number of FDI jobs created and lost respectively in counties Clare, Galway and Limerick in the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and names of single teacher schools in County Clare in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; the current teacher/pupil ratio in 2025 in these schools in County Clare; her plans to close any of them; if so, the location of the schools and number of pupils in them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34427/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary Garda division each year since 2020; the number of non-civilian Garda staff based in Clare at the end of each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34422/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to the drugs unit of the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary division; the ranks of each of those Gardaí; if any are appointed detectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to roads policing in the Clare-Tipperary division for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form, broken down by numbers assigned in County Clare and County Tipperary; the number of positions in roads policing vacant in the division, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of simple possession searches for drugs undertaken in Clare for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of drugs sale and supply searches undertaken in Clare for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Children in Care (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 737. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers currently working within the Tusla 'children in care' team in County Clare; the numbers of children placed with each of those social workers; if any of the three current social worker vacancies, details from Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 17 June 2025, are from within the children-in-care team in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Library Services (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 972. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and location of Clare library branches actively engaged with the My Open Library initiative; to outline all Clare library branches approved for funding to proceed with the initiative to date; to provide details on applications for funding from Clare County Library since the commencement of the Government scheme; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the marine protected areas Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33476/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the 2025 budget for Historic Structure Fund that was spent in the first five months of 2025; and if he will provide corresponding figures for same period in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [33477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the 2025 Budget for built heritage investment scheme that was spent in the first five months of 2025; if he will provide corresponding figures for the same period in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [33478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to develop a national pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder clinic. [33479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 375. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high support disability residential placements available in County Clare in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [33480/25]

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank the Minister and his team for coming in today and giving us a briefing on the way things are going. Going back to ACRES, I compliment him on the fantastic work he has done in issuing ACRES payments since getting the job. As we are well aware, the costs on farmers are unbelievable because there are restrictions on farmers under ACRES. Is a plan in place to issue payments in time?...

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: Again, it is a fantastic scheme. I welcome what the Minister has said. I hope farmers will never be in that position again. The second thing is felling licences. That seems to be a big issue. We were nearly assured after the storm that the processing of felling licences would speed up. There is still timber on the ground and, unfortunately, landowners are finding it hard to get felling...