Results 41-60 of 498 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: 169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Government will take on foot of the boarding of Global Sumud Flotilla vessels, and subsequent detention of Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55377/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: 558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider removing the working family payment from consideration on social housing income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55381/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: 559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to increase the social housing income thresholds annually, in line with increases in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55382/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: 639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities can be permitted to exercise limited discretion when the income threshold for social housing is marginally exceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55383/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (14 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: 638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delivery of Measure 8 pilot wastewater schemes in Cooraclare and Broadford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55378/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: 795. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans her Department has to progressively reduce the cost of early learning and childcare to €200 per month per child during the lifetime of the Government; if she will provide a proposed timeline for the roll-out of this plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55380/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: 896. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the rates of referral from ED to acute assessment units for all model 4 hospitals for the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55379/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the progress on the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, and specifically, the legislation to allow increased use of video link by members of An Garda Síochána in court proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54047/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Reviews (9 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department intends to conduct a full review of the judicial review process and its effects on the delivery of major infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54046/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank the witnesses for attending. I compliment them on the fantastic work they are doing. It can help people who unfortunately have disabilities. The kind of disability is immaterial. It can also their families, which is also important. The organisation calls itself Social Farming Ireland. It has five regional offices. Is it operating nationwide or only in certain counties? Could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: Simply fantastic. Are the regional offices spread around the country in different locations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: Where are they, roughly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: Like the Kerry group, there are fantastic groups out there and fantastic people doing work. Are there volunteers involved in this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: That is fabulous. It is great to see the volunteering side coming in too. When it comes to getting farmers involved in this scheme, is that easy or how does Social Farming Ireland get around to them? Is it involved with Macra or anything like that to make contact? It is also good for the farmers. As we know, some farmers may be living in rural parts and might not see anyone for the full week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: That is simply fantastic. Keep up the good work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank the witnesses for coming in. We appreciate the great work they are doing for the farming community. I have two questions. What gaps are there in the provision of access to knowledge for farmers due to the State's exclusion of independent agricultural consultants from the water quality programme and the EIPs? How many applications have been made to the Farming for Water EIP...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: That is not good for the farming community then if that knowledge is missing or lacking and the ACA's members cannot carry out those works.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: And the witnesses are disappointed it is not being delivered, I presume.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: I have one other quick question. I know my time is nearly up. What does the comparable agricultural knowledge transfer system look like in the rest of the EU? Is it delivered by the state or by the private sector? Do the witnesses believe the EU would look at the system in Ireland as being fit for purpose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Cooney: I thank the witnesses for their time.