Joe Cooney
Oral
22 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
11. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on progress of the Kilkee flood relief scheme; the timeline for construction; and the plans in place to commence the coastal flooding mitigation works. [74652/26]
87. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school pupils in County Clare who are currently receiving additional teaching support for literacy difficulties, including dyslexia; the way in which this compares with the previous three school years; and the waiting lists for specialist reading classes for the same years. [74989/26]
359. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of each Garda Station in the state that has solar PV panels, batteries and each Garda station that has EV chargers installed to charge electric patrol cars, broken down by county in tabular form; his plans to roll out further solar pv and batteries, and EV charging stations in Garda Stations;. [75018/26]
753. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of homeowners in receipt of ARP per county, and by hosting arrangement, for whole properties or sharing a private residence, in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [74178/26]
890. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to outline the work that has been undertaken to understand the reason the Mid-West recorded the lowest national proportion of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients transported to hospital in 2025; and whether differences in response times, geography or access to emergency hospital services have been identified as drivers for this. [73441/26]
892. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the total number of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests recorded in each of the six HSE Health Regions in 2025; the percentage of patients achieving return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), both pre-hospital and on arrival at hospital, by region; the percentage of these patients surviving to hospital discharge, by region; the median ambulance call-to-scene response ti…
1077. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE provides autism assessments for adults who are in receipt of a medical card; and if not, to outline the rationale behind such a decision. [74200/26]
174. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health when the Limerick surgical hub will be completed; when it will become operational; and if a funding package to enable 100% operational capacity has been granted. [72575/26]
184. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE records the number of persons diagnosed with functional neurological disorder, by county, CHO area or hospital group; if so, to provide the figures for each of the past five years; and if not, if she will consider collecting such data to inform future service planning. [72574/26]
46. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of risks to Ireland's food security arising from climate change related risks, such as drought, flooding, biodiversity loss and disruption to global food supply chains; and whether he will consider establishing a cross-departmental review of Ireland's food security resilience in view of gr…
69. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current status of the Bill to amend the 50:50 rule under the Employment Permits Act 2024 for the health and social care sector; when he expects this general scheme to go to Government; and the expected timeline for enactment. [66539/26]
56. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of grants that have been awarded for geothermal heat pump systems, by county, for each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the actions his Department is taking to raise awareness of these systems and increase the numbers of such grants. [65883/26]
69. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm that pay increases agreed under the public sector pay discussions will automatically apply to health and social care workers employed by section 39 organisations. [65462/26]
233. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications approved, in progress and refused under the Land Acquisition Fund; by local authority, by year to date, in tabular form. [66026/26]
234. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a dwelling being disposed of by a lender, receiver, mortgagee-in-possession or pursuant to a court judgment, can be acquired under the Second-Hand Social Housing Acquisitions Programme for tenancy sustainment purposes or to prevent a tenant from homelessness. [66024/26]
212. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the details of all defects for national roads logged on to the TII defect management system in 2025 and to date in 2026 for each local authority; the details of whether those defects have been approved or refused for funding and the amount of funding allocated for each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64523/26]
966. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent by An Garda Síochána on purchasing specialist public order equipment to date in 2026. [65784/26]
1089. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with a special interest in learning disabilities posts filled within CHO3 disabilities services as of 7 September 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [65781/26]
1101. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all professional representative organisations that received funding, grants, sponsorship, educational support or service-level funding from the HSE in each of the past five years; the amount provided to each body and the purpose of the funding, in tabular form. [64194/26]
1467. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE environmental health officers, senior environmental health officers and principal environmental health officers employed by HSE as of 7 September 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [65779/26]
1468. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE addiction counsellors and senior addiction counsellors posts filled within CHO3 as of 7 September 2026, in tabular form. [65778/26]
1469. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of trainee psychologists graduating from doctoral courses in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those graduates who took up positions within HSE within 3 months of graduating. [65777/26]
1473. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the list of all services and the frequency of each, available at the Kilrush primary care centre as of August 2026; and the list of all services available in August 2024 and in August 2025, in tabular form. [65808/26]
Joe Cooney
Written
16 Sep 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1516. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for new apprenticeships to be offered in County Clare; and the timeframe to have them up and running. [65783/26]
393. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has examined the use of encrypted audio and video recording technology during practical driving tests in other EU Member States; if consideration has been given to introducing such systems within driving test vehicles to support the appeals process and enhance transparency for both candidates and examiners: if he will seek legal advice reg…