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Joe Cooney

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Fine Gael · Clare · serving since 2024-11-29

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Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2025-09-23 · to Transport
178. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the budget allocated for active travel spending in 2025; and the estimated number of kilometres of new cycling infrastructure that this will deliver in 2025. [50018/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Education
306. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the budget allocation for the local youth club grant scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50017/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Housing
380. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans for reimbursing local authorities for works undertaken in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50019/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Social
414. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were in receipt of living alone allowance and subjected to a review by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50015/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Justice
476. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of evidential breath testing machines currently available for use in each Garda division as of 8 September 2025, in tabular form. [50016/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Children
518. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider increasing the number of days for parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50008/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Health
637. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost to fund services for specialised pelvic floor physiotherapy following a referral from a general practitioner. [50009/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Health
638. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologists that are only treating public patients at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50010/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Health
639. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for two years, in tabular form. [50011/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Health
640. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the full-year costs to fund three extra continence clinics to tackle the waiting list for surgery through specialised small units and enable general access to pelvic physiotherapy when required. [50012/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Health
641. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the recent decision to award a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider; if there are further plans to privatise non-emergency patient transport in other healthcare regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50013/25]
written 2025-09-23 · to Health
642. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if she will consider including inflammatory bowel disease in the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50014/25]
written 2025-09-08 · to Climate
186. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline details of engagement during 2025 between the Government and ESB regarding the future development of Moneypoint power station; and to detail the plans that exist for the transformation of the facility into a renewable energy hub. [46971/25]
written 2025-09-08 · to Climate
187. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated under the solar PV scheme, by county, to date in 2025; the number of successful applicants in each county, in tabular form; if changes are being considered to the maximum grant of €1,800; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46972/25]
written 2025-09-08 · to Climate
188. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the support measures being considered to assist households facing increased energy costs; and to outline what Government strategies are being implemented to stabilise energy prices and protect consumers. [46974/25]
written 2025-09-08 · to Transport
401. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the details of any engagement between his Department and Clare county council between 2017 and to date in 2025 in relation to progressing the proposed Ennis northern inner relief road project. [46942/25]
written 2025-09-08 · to Transport
402. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers carried by Iarnród Éireann on the Ennis-Limerick-Ennis and Ennis-Galway-Ennis services in 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46943/25]
written 2025-09-08 · to Transport
403. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the average wait time for a national car test (NCT) at each NCT centres across Ireland in August 2024 and in August 2025, in tabular form; and to provide overall NCT staff numbers nationally for the same dates. [46944/25]
written 2025-09-08 · to Transport
404. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the progress of rural public transport initiatives in County Clare, including bus and rail services. [46967/25]
written 2025-09-08 · to Transport
434. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport 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 2025-09-08 · to Finance
582. Deputy Joe Cooney asked 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 2025-09-08 · to Public Expenditure
651. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation 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 2025-09-08 · to Public Expenditure
652. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation 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 2025-09-08 · to Education
742. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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 2025-09-08 · to Education
1005. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the consideration her Department is giving to the establishment of a fully independent second level Gaelcholáiste in county Clare. [47023/25]
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