Results 241-260 of 498 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: Is it possible to have this legislation passed before the end of the year?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 659. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of simple possession searches for drugs undertaken in each Garda division for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of drugs sale and supply searches undertaken in each Garda Division for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37706/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 792. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm that the co-location of standalone maternity hospitals with adult acute hospitals will remain Government policy into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37333/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 793. To ask the Minister for Health the progress regarding the co-location of the UHL maternity hospital to the Dooradoyle campus; if she will provide an estimated timeline for such a move to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37334/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 794. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm previous statements by Ministers for Health that any decisions about reconfiguration of health services in the mid-west will be underpinned by clinical advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37335/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 795. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of ambulance handover times for each emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37336/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 796. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of total WTEs for all grade codes from 2020 – 2025; and to provide the activity analysis for the same period by HSE Region, in tabular form. [37337/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 797. To ask the Minister for Health if safe staffing levels exist in each emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37338/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 798. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to deliver the required acute hospital capacity as determined by the ESRI acute demand projections for each hospital in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 821. To ask the Minister for Health to detail all requests for additional staffing for the National Ambulance Service since January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37478/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank all the witnesses for coming in and highlighting their concerns. In fairness, they have highlighted a lot of concerns of which we are well aware. We have witnessed what has gone on in the past. Dogs are the responsibility of the owners. I agree with the Deputies sitting beside me that laws need to be put in place in order that owners are held responsible if their dogs are out of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: I see the ratio of dog wardens to dogs is 1:10,000. That makes it impossible. There should be more dog wardens put into those areas for a start. We all know this will not happen overnight. Legislation will not come in overnight but that is one thing that should be looked at.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: It is important to look at the different locations. We are all well aware of the areas in the country where sheep farming is going on. The sheep need to be protected first. I go back to the responsibility of the dog owners. We have to give credit. There are some fantastic dog owners and we cannot forget that. Is there enforcement as regards dog owners? Can they be taken to court? Can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: The most important thing is having more resources-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: -----in the affected areas. It is vital going forward

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to deliver the extra funding identified by local authorities, his Department and Uisce Éireann, as being necessary to deliver the measure 8 rural water programme; when that funding might be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35594/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: The lack of wastewater treatment is highlighted as one of the biggest blockages in the delivery of Government housing targets. In 2022, the Minister announced €50 million under the rural water programme to deliver treatment systems in towns and villages that are not serviced. Three years on, none of these projects have begun. Will the Minister distribute these funds to any local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: I understand from speaking to colleagues from other counties involved in this scheme that some are much further along in the process than others. I know that Clare County Council can progress if the Department confirms funding for the two projects in Broadford and Cooraclare. These two settlements have demonstrated significant commitment to the proposal of public treatment systems. I asked...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: In Minister of State's own words, the housing crisis is an emergency. The lack of a treatment system in towns and villages is one of the causes of this emergency, yet the money to develop such systems in towns and villages that are not serviced has been sitting in the Department's bank account for the past three years. The county council is clearly committed to delivering this scheme in two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank both organisations for coming in. I compliment them on the great work they did after Storm Éowyn. There was a lot of destruction out there, unfortunately. Housing delivery is a big issue, and wastewater infrastructure is a major concern. In the absence of any commitment to develop sewerage schemes in small towns and villages in a timely manner, I ask Uisce Éireann...