Results 161-180 of 244 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following her recent statements in relation newly qualified teachers being fast tracked to permanency after a one year period, she will clarify whether the same rights will be afforded to teachers who have been in temporary or substitute contracts for a number years and are still awaiting permanency; if teachers who were previously...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (7 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties in each county that have been completed under the vacant and derelict homes grants; the number of properties in each county that have been supported by these grants that are now registered with the RTB, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22397/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department and the HSE have with regard to the future delivery of day care services from Regina House in Kilrush; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (7 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 440. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress of the primary care centre in Sixmilebridge; if tenders for construction have been published; if those tenders have been assessed and a preferred contractor identified; the date for commencement of construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22170/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 441. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in county Clare in 2022, 2023, 2024; broken down by HSE provided, HSE funded under sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004, and privately provided, in tabular form.’ [22171/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who have applied for the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit since its introduction, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21744/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who have qualified for the full amount of the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit; the proportion of the total number of recipients this is, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21745/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress at increasing respite provision to include weekends and overnights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the work at increasing capacity in respite services to meet known unmet need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20437/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Active Travel (29 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the details of all Active Travel applications submitted by Clare County Council, whether successful or not, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the details of the projects that received funding; the details of the prioritisation assessment policy for determining which projects were successful; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emergency Services (29 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for an aviation contract transition (details supplied); If he will outline how the company will provide helicopter emergency medical support using helicopters that are not licensed to carry stretchers; how it will provide night-time search and rescue without a searchlight; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (29 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 565. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the exemption for CGT on the sale of shares from €1,270; the cost to the exchequer of such a change; if an evaluation of such a change can been made against the revenue return on the release of the equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18904/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the provision of classes for dyslexia in Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary; to outline waiting lists for classes for dyslexia in Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18903/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Dental Services (29 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 2041. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of every dental service available to holders of medical cards through the dental services treatment scheme; the list of dentists that provide those services to medical card holders in County Clare; what obligations those dentists have with regard to providing all such services listed; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Departments (29 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 2323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 1 April 2025, to provide the following data for the Model 4 hospitals (The Mater University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital and University Hospital Waterford) for the 2024 calendar year, in tabular form: the number of patients presenting at the emergency department (ED); the number of those patients...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (8 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider reviewing the code of best practice for national and regional greenways and the greenway sustainability payment, with a view to including coastal pathways; if he will consider the development of a standalone code of best practise for coastal pathways and a coastal pathway sustainability payment; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has made on including 'meanwhile use' as an exempted development under the Planning and Development - Exempted Development Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 662. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person whose employment is based around the school or academic year is excluded from the job seeker’s pay related benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16657/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protections that are in place for wild animals, such as the zebras; if legislation is required in Ireland to buy, sell or keep them, or to import them into the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16659/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Apr 2025)

Joe Cooney: 884. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all dentists in Clare that undertake dental work for those in receipt of a medical card as part of the dental treatment service scheme; the process whereby a medical card holder who cannot get treatment from such a dentist can do so; the steps that can be taken by her Department to ensure those with a medical card who are entitled to dental...