Results 121-140 of 498 for speaker:Joe Cooney

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of those currently waiting for Cat C, Cat C1, and Cat BE testing in all test centres in County Clare; the number tested in each of those categories for July 2025 and August 2025; the number of tests scheduled for September 2025, by category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47229/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 582. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the threshold for help-to buy applicants from €500,000 in Budget 2026 in view of the increase in housing and construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46892/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 651. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers to each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works, each month to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46968/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 652. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the details of all funding allocations granted in respect of works to the old Garda station in Ennis, County Clare; to outline the details in respect of those works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46969/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept the valid claim for parity that school secretaries and caretakers have for public sector pay, pension and leave entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46970/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1005. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration her Department is giving to the establishment of a fully independent second level Gaelcholáiste in county Clare. [47023/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Meteorological Services (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all infrastructure investments undertaken by Met Éireann from 2020 to date in 2025; and the future investments planned or underway by the national meteorological service. [47026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the immediate measures being implemented to address the homeless status of 5,000 children in Ireland. [47027/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to evaluate the success of National Heritage Week 2025 in county Clare; and if he will consider increasing funding for heritage initiatives across Ireland. [47028/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether foster carers allowance can be used to qualify persons for a State pension (contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46888/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals regarding accommodation for Ukrainian’s living in Ireland under the beneficiary of temporary protection post March-2026; if they will be eligible for housing supports; if his Department has undertaken research into the consequential demand this will place on the current housing delivery targets; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline for join family visas only where the sponsor is an Irish citizen and which have been processed in the past - 24 months, the average waiting time for visa applications sent to the Dublin visa office for further processing; the number of applications which have exceeded 12, 15 and 18 months in whole number and as a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funding allocated by county under the solar capital investment scheme to date; the number of successful applicants in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47021/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is considering increasing the mandatory minimum distance of newly planted forestry from vital infrastructure such as roads and telecommunications and energy lines, in view of the widespread disruption caused by storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Children in Care (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 1858. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the last review into the foster carers allowance took place; the steps her Department have taken to review the foster carers allowance with regard to the increased cost- of- living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46889/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 2000. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 19 June 2025, the numbers on the waiting list for high support disability residential placements in Clare as of August 2024 and August 2025, in tabular form; the average waiting time to secure a high-support disability residential placement in County Clare as of August 2025; the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child and Family Agency (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 2006. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the resources available from Tusla to support the emotional, psychological and physical needs of children in foster care; whether there are adequate staffing levels to provide these resources. [46936/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 2588. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the advertised tender for the provision of a contracted satellite haemodialysis unit for UL Hospital Group (Ennis); when the service will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46894/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 2589. To ask the Minister for Health whether a proportionality assessment was carried out in setting the standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapist; if so, if she will publish the outcome of that assessment,; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (8 Sep 2025)

Joe Cooney: 2590. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the published standards set level 9 as the appropriate psychotherapy entry level (details supplied); the reason her Department has narrowed the scope of counsellors’ practice to mild to moderate issues, reserving moderate to severe and complex distress for psychotherapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46896/25]