Joe Cooney

1283. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]

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

1285. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]

1412. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for 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]

1684. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [46890/25]

1685. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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 percentage of the total; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46891/25]

1806. Deputy Joe Cooney asked 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]

1807. Deputy Joe Cooney asked 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]

1858. Deputy Joe Cooney asked 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]

2000. Deputy Joe Cooney asked 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 corresponding waiting time in August 2024; the plans being considered by the HSE to create additional bed spaces in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46893/25]

2006. Deputy Joe Cooney asked 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]

2588. Deputy Joe Cooney asked 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]

2589. Deputy Joe Cooney asked 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]

2590. Deputy Joe Cooney asked 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]

2591. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to list the emergency departments that have achieved the baseline of the framework for safe nurse staffing and skill mix in adult emergency care settings (Phase II). [46897/25]

2607. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children since November 2022 on the waiting list to see the community orthoptist in the HSE mid-west area, by adult and children, and year, in tabular form. [46935/25]

2608. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if she will provide State recognition of a valid medical exemption for an exemption against administration of any future vaccines for a person (details supplied). [46937/25]

2609. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure physician associates, who have graduated from a State funded program sponsored by the Royal College of Surgeons, can be employed by the HSE; if she will provide an update on the work of the independent expert who is undertaking a comprehensive assessment of the physician assistant role; when his recommendations will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46938/25]

2610. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve mental health services for young people in county Clare, including details of additional resources allocated to mental health service delivery in 2024 and 2025. [46939/25]

2611. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the reforms being introduced to address long waiting times for paediatric surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46940/25]

2612. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the reforms being introduced to address overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and the improvements achieved in this regard since January 2025. [46941/25]

2633. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the regulatory food safety changes that have been implemented to prevent small schools that were registered as food business operators, staff had undergone appropriate training levels commensurate with their work activity, had been inspected by an Environmental Health Officer and were formerly approved to reheat school meals, from continuing to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47020/25]

2667. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the changes to the way in which newly qualified paramedics and advanced paramedics are being offered their authorisation to practice letter; to detail the new process and the way it will be implemented; if this has resulted in any delays in having letters of authorisation issued to graduates of recent courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47441/25]

2734. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current offerings available at an education centre (details supplied); the supports provided by his Department to the expansion of higher education provision at the facility; and the future plans in place to support such an expansion. [47024/25]

2735. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the reckonable income limits for SUSI grants and consider assessing them based on net income rather than gross income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47025/25]