Results 161-180 of 244 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 367. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant WTE staff currently at the Health and Safety Authority, by job title; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [32600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 368. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline all capital investment made by the IDA in County Clare since 2022, in tabular form. [32601/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of Exchequer funding that was provided to each State agency under the remit of his Department in 2024 for its capital and current funding, in tabular form. [32607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to fill the post of Chairperson for the National Concert Hall. [32608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the age profile of the Garda vehicle fleet within the Clare-Tipperary division. [32609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 896. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will run an international recruitment campaign to recruit a suitably qualified senior dental surgeon, with a special interest in special needs, for the CHO3 area. [32603/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 897. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that were received for ceiling hoists within CHO3 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [32604/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 898. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses based in each primary care centre and health centre within county Clare in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [32605/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 899. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the training provided to haemodialysis patients to carry out their own haemodialysis at home; whether self-administered homecare is best international practice. [32606/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank both organisations for their presentations. It is good to see the impact they have had and will have in the future. Infrastructure is a major concern of mine and it is my honest belief that it is holding up housing development in a major way in certain areas. The lack of public wastewater systems in many communities is strangling them, and getting them is a pipe dream. Communities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: It is a serious concern. We are aware of where land is zoned and capacity is not in the infrastructure, particularly wastewater. I would welcome if something could be moved forward to see if it is was possible, with all sides working together, to get this land made useful for development. We are all looking for the development of houses. If we do not get this land up and running, more so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: That is welcome news. I hope this means we could see more housing developments going ahead in rural parts of the country. The other issue is the shortage of skilled construction workers. I want to touch on apprenticeships. I do not know whether this is part of the agencies' work but it is important to highlight it here today. There is a shortage of skilled construction workers. Some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: Mr. Whelan and I discussed social and affordable houses as I was finishing up in the first round. The failure to deliver more social houses over the previous years has unfortunately led us into the housing crisis we are in now. My concern is that the delivery of affordable houses is exclusively focused on the large urban areas, unfortunately, and coastal communities are completely...

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank the Minister and his team for coming in today and giving us a briefing on the way things are going. Going back to ACRES, I compliment him on the fantastic work he has done in issuing ACRES payments since getting the job. As we are well aware, the costs on farmers are unbelievable because there are restrictions on farmers under ACRES. Is a plan in place to issue payments in time?...

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: Again, it is a fantastic scheme. I welcome what the Minister has said. I hope farmers will never be in that position again. The second thing is felling licences. That seems to be a big issue. We were nearly assured after the storm that the processing of felling licences would speed up. There is still timber on the ground and, unfortunately, landowners are finding it hard to get felling...

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: Finally, we have discussed TB a lot today. TB is a major issue. I was surprised today to hear that in 12 months we had an increase of 44% in TB through stock. That is unbelievable. An awful lot of funding is being invested into this. Could we look at different ways of investing funding into it? Do we have all the options as to why TB is spreading so much? I know a lot of work has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I very much appreciate it. It would be good idea if we had the names of the people in front of us. What is your name again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: Right. So are there two Michaels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: Okay, that is good. I missed it at the start. It was said there was a 44% increase in TB. Over what period of time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: That was massive. What are the witnesses doing to try to stop the spread of TB? What are the main ways and what are they looking at to stop the spread of TB. An increase of 44% in that period of time is unbelievable. What do the witnesses believe are the main factors in spreading TB?