Results 81-100 of 244 for speaker:Joe Cooney

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]

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...

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...

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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Emergency Services (13 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 29 April 2025, the reasons a company (details supplied) only assumed full 24-hour cover from Shannon almost five months after commencing operations; if he will review the procurement process to determine the way the helicopter emergency medical support service was not provided for from the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (13 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional public transport buses the National Transport Authority intends on having picking up and dropping off customers at Shannon Airport. [23659/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (13 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 496. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW plans to refurbish the Garda Immigration Unit at Shannon Airport this year. [23660/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (13 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a detailed report on progress under the measure A8, Waste Water Collection and Treatment Needs for Villages and Settlements without access to Public Waste Water Services; the names of all settlements that have been approved under this measure, and that have progressed to site identification, to design phase, to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 788. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to amend the fuel allowance eligibility criteria for recipients over 66 years in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 874. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda Immigration Bureau based at Shannon Airport as of 2 May 2025. [23665/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 May 2025)

Joe Cooney: 875. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to Clare-Tipperary divisional drugs unit as of 2 May 2025. [23666/25]