Results 401-420 of 498 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: Without going into much detail, what are the pluses and minuses that could affect us going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: The most important thing is to protect agriculture and our farmers as much as possible. I hope to work with the witnesses to achieve that, if possible. I wish Ms McPhillips the best of luck in her new role.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: Does the Deputy have a farming background?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocated for active travel spending in 2025; and the estimated number of kilometres of new cycling infrastructure that this will deliver in 2025. [50018/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for the local youth club grant scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50017/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans for reimbursing local authorities for works undertaken in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50019/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who were in receipt of living alone allowance and subjected to a review by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50015/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of evidential breath testing machines currently available for use in each Garda division as of 8 September 2025, in tabular form. [50016/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Parental Leave (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 518. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider increasing the number of days for parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50008/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost to fund services for specialised pelvic floor physiotherapy following a referral from a general practitioner. [50009/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologists that are only treating public patients at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50010/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 639. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for two years, in tabular form. [50011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year costs to fund three extra continence clinics to tackle the waiting list for surgery through specialised small units and enable general access to pelvic physiotherapy when required. [50012/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 641. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the recent decision to award a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider; if there are further plans to privatise non-emergency patient transport in other healthcare regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (23 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider including inflammatory bowel disease in the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50014/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (25 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are statistics relating to the usage of the newly launched National Enterprise Hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50460/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Insurance Industry (25 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with Government colleagues regarding insurance and reducing the cost of insurance for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50461/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when he expects to publish the comprehensive review of means test across the social welfare system as committed in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50463/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a costing for increasing the carers allowance by two percent, in line with inflation, ten percent and 20 percent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50462/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: I welcome the Commissioner. It is great to have him here. Deputy Aird put most of the questions to him. I will not delay the Commissioner as I want to give him time to respond. What is making my blood boil is hearing and seeing what is happening in Gaza. Women have been on the phone to me crying and asking whether there is anything we can do to stop supporting Israel in whatever way we...