Results 1-20 of 93 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (15 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: The Department is saying it is an operational matter for Uisce Éireann. Uisce Éireann says it is a local authority matter but the local authority is not the water service authority. The blockage needs to be resolved by the Government direction.

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (15 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: We keep on hearing of the need to be innovative in the face of housing challenges, yet there is clearly a lack of willingness by State bodies to embrace innovation that is already out there.

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (15 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: We have the solution. We just need to get on with it.

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (15 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: Thank you.

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (15 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: Innovation is not just about invention; it is about approaching old problems with fresh eyes. Today, on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of people across Ireland who are still searching for a home, I ask the Government to seriously consider the proposals I have put forward. We need to enable developers to provide wastewater infrastructure for housing developments that are currently...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (15 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: The programme for Government seeks to build 300,000 homes by 2030. It is an ambitious task and one that will need every tool available to Government to deliver. Every week I hear from local builders who want to help Government to deliver on that ambition by building houses in hundreds of rural communities, helping the Government reach its housing target as well as ensuring the viability of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (15 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider issuing a ministerial directive to Uisce Éireann to support the delivery of stand-alone, modular or temporary wastewater treatment systems for residential developments in settlements where such treatment systems, or capacity, are determined to be non-existent. [19559/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Coastal Protection (8 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider the development of a standalone code of best practise for coastal pathways and a coastal pathway sustainability payment, similar to the 'Code of Best Practice for National and Regional Greenways' and the 'Greenway Sustainability Payment' currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21743/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (7 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the total amount collected by the State from excise duty, carbon tax, VAT, and the NORA levy on the sale of liquid fuel products (petrol, diesel, and home heating oil) for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the percentage of overall exchequer revenue accounted for by receipts from excise duty, carbon tax, VAT, and the NORA levy on these...

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...