Results 321-340 of 498 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: Can the RTB not get involved with the tenants? I know homelessness is a tough situation but it is a pity to see a dispute going on between genuine landlords and genuine tenants and the tenants have nowhere to go. Could there not be some sort of a solution between the RTB, the local authority and the tenant? I have seen disputes with locks being changed or whatever. One does not want to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: There may be no rent arrears or issues and the landlord just wants his or her house back. That is where the bigger problem is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: The Threshold report states that almost 3,000 renters came to Threshold in the first six months of 2025. Homelessness is an awful issue for a family or an individual. Why has this become so prominent at the moment and what is causing it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2025: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (15 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: I welcome this. Will the fee for 2025 be waived as well?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Generation (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline details of engagement during 2025 between the Government and ESB regarding the future development of Moneypoint power station; and to detail the plans that exist for the transformation of the facility into a renewable energy hub. [46971/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated under the solar PV scheme, by county, to date in 2025; the number of successful applicants in each county, in tabular form; if changes are being considered to the maximum grant of €1,800; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46972/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the support measures being considered to assist households facing increased energy costs; and to outline what Government strategies are being implemented to stabilise energy prices and protect consumers. [46974/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of any engagement between his Department and Clare county council between 2017 and to date in 2025 in relation to progressing the proposed Ennis northern inner relief road project. [46942/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers carried by Iarnród Éireann on the Ennis-Limerick-Ennis and Ennis-Galway-Ennis services in 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46943/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average wait time for a national car test (NCT) at each NCT centres across Ireland in August 2024 and in August 2025, in tabular form; and to provide overall NCT staff numbers nationally for the same dates. [46944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of rural public transport initiatives in County Clare, including bus and rail services. [46967/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of those currently waiting for Cat C, Cat C1, and Cat BE testing in all test centres in County Clare; the number tested in each of those categories for July 2025 and August 2025; the number of tests scheduled for September 2025, by category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47229/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 582. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the threshold for help-to buy applicants from €500,000 in Budget 2026 in view of the increase in housing and construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46892/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 651. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers to each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works, each month to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46968/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 652. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the details of all funding allocations granted in respect of works to the old Garda station in Ennis, County Clare; to outline the details in respect of those works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46969/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept the valid claim for parity that school secretaries and caretakers have for public sector pay, pension and leave entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46970/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1005. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration her Department is giving to the establishment of a fully independent second level Gaelcholáiste in county Clare. [47023/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Meteorological Services (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all infrastructure investments undertaken by Met Éireann from 2020 to date in 2025; and the future investments planned or underway by the national meteorological service. [47026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the immediate measures being implemented to address the homeless status of 5,000 children in Ireland. [47027/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to evaluate the success of National Heritage Week 2025 in county Clare; and if he will consider increasing funding for heritage initiatives across Ireland. [47028/25]