Results 41-60 of 238 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and names of single teacher schools in County Clare in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; the current teacher/pupil ratio in 2025 in these schools in County Clare; her plans to close any of them; if so, the location of the schools and number of pupils in them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34427/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary Garda division each year since 2020; the number of non-civilian Garda staff based in Clare at the end of each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34422/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to the drugs unit of the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary division; the ranks of each of those Gardaí; if any are appointed detectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to roads policing in the Clare-Tipperary division for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form, broken down by numbers assigned in County Clare and County Tipperary; the number of positions in roads policing vacant in the division, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of simple possession searches for drugs undertaken in Clare for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of drugs sale and supply searches undertaken in Clare for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Children in Care (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 737. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers currently working within the Tusla 'children in care' team in County Clare; the numbers of children placed with each of those social workers; if any of the three current social worker vacancies, details from Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 17 June 2025, are from within the children-in-care team in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Library Services (24 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 972. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and location of Clare library branches actively engaged with the My Open Library initiative; to outline all Clare library branches approved for funding to proceed with the initiative to date; to provide details on applications for funding from Clare County Library since the commencement of the Government scheme; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the marine protected areas Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33476/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the 2025 budget for Historic Structure Fund that was spent in the first five months of 2025; and if he will provide corresponding figures for same period in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [33477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the 2025 Budget for built heritage investment scheme that was spent in the first five months of 2025; if he will provide corresponding figures for the same period in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [33478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to develop a national pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder clinic. [33479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Jun 2025)

Joe Cooney: 375. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high support disability residential placements available in County Clare in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [33480/25]

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?

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

Joe Cooney: What is the main issue spreading infection? Wildlife was mentioned as one of the main issues.