Results 261-280 of 498 for speaker:Joe Cooney

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

Joe Cooney: I take on board Mr. Gleeson’s concerns. However, we are in crisis now and we have to review it.

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

Joe Cooney: What kind of a timeline is Ms Ryan talking about, to go through all those processes?

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

Joe Cooney: Going back to developer-led modular certified wastewater treatment plants, does Uisce Éireann have specifications? Could that not be considered?

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

Joe Cooney: We need to be fast-tracking it.

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

Joe Cooney: That is good. As Ms Ryan is well aware, rural villages and towns are being left; they are not being dealt with. Unfortunately, the population is dwindling away there. We are well aware of the issues in the environment and what has to be looked after now. If you do not have the proper systems, you will not be allowed to build in those villages and towns. Unfortunately, in my own County...

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

Joe Cooney: Arklow has been mentioned a few times and one of the members mentioned he was at the official opening last year or whenever it was. Was that a developer-led modular system in Arklow or was it put in place by Uisce Éireann?

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

Joe Cooney: It is great to see projects like that delivered, in fairness, and, hopefully, we will see more of them. Going back to upgraded treatment plants, we have 80 houses being held up out in two rural parts of County Clare, with 60 in one area and 20 in the other area. They are in Kilkishen and Ruan. It is the capacity that is the problem in Kilkishen. Two years have passed and there has been no...

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

Joe Cooney: Yes.

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

Joe Cooney: That is fair enough. I ask Mr. Gleeson to be sure to come back to me. The second area is Ruan, another village in the rural part of County Clare. There are another 20 houses there. There is an issue with the percolation area in the treatment plant. There are fine treatment plants in both those areas and 80 houses are being held up for development. That is not good enough, so perhaps Mr....

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

Joe Cooney: I thank Mr. Gleeson very much for his time.

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

Joe Cooney: That is good.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers on the driving test waiting list in County Clare, for category C, category C1, and category BE tests; the number of testers qualified for those categories in County Clare; the number of each driver type tested in County Clare for those categories, by month for 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025.; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving tests that have taken place in each test location in County Clare, by category, by day of the week, in tabular form, since The Driving Test Action Plan was announced by the RSA at the end of May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourist Accommodation (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 304. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of registered overnight serviced accommodation, by type, by county, in tabular form, for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35212/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourist Accommodation (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 305. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a detailed list of all measures the serviced accommodation sector is obliged to comply with as part of registration with Fáilte Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update of the application made in April 2024 on behalf of a community group water scheme (details supplied), under Measure A6 of the Multi Annual Rural Water Programme 2024 to 2026; if he will provide a timeline on the confirmation of funding bids in relation to Measure A6; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (1 Jul 2025)

Joe Cooney: 628. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm whether people under 18 who are currently on the waiting list for an autism assessment will not be removed from that waiting list upon turning 18; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (26 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 98. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the changes to the organ donation framework; the number of those opting out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34323/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (26 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 113. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the HIQA report on Mid-West Emergency Health Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34324/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank Mr. Savage for his presentation. As we face towards 2026, why have a total of 578 farmers not been paid since 2023?