Joe Cooney

17. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Taoiseach the unemployment figures for County Clare for 30 June 2024 and 30 June 2025; the unemployment figures nationwide for the same dates [41697/25]

579. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for car tests in each of the three test centres, Ennis, Shannon and Kilrush for June 2024 and June 2025, in tabular form. [43603/25]

854. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total annual funding received by local enterprise offices in each local authority area in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [40734/25]

855. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures his Department is taking to create jobs in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40735/25]

955. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the data available and its sources to support the case that alcohol labelling will economically damage the drinks sector in Ireland; to provide any evidence and its sources that such labelling has negatively impacted the sale of alcohol in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43597/25]

1339. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when a broadband connection will be restored for a person (details supplied); the reason for this disconnection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41668/25]

1392. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of submissions received from Clare County Council for the development of new affordable housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40731/25]

1393. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of any submission or correspondence received by his Department since March 2025 from Limerick City and County Council, Clare County Council and-or the University of Limerick regarding the proposed development of an economic strategic development zone at Gillogue, Clonlara, County Clare. [40732/25]

1394. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of all full- and part-time staff employed at the Met Éireann facility in Shannon Airport in December 2019 and June 2025; the details of investments made in the Shannon operation since December 2019; and his plans for future investments. [40733/25]

1855. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Social Protection the social protection measures for which a means test is applicable; and the relevant income thresholds for the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43604/25]

1915. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration he number and location of Garda stations closed in County Clare since 1990; and to provide the total number of Garda stations in operation in County Clare in 1990 and 2025 respectively [40726/25]

1916. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and location of closed Garda stations in County Clare that are currently being rented or in ownership of his Department. [40727/25]

2149. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog licences that have issued in 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40729/25]

2150. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog wardens employed, full-time and part-time; the number of administration staff full-time and part-time, in County Clare; the number of collection vans authorised under the Control of Dogs (Amendment Act), 1992 in County Clare; the supports his Department provides in County Clare under the under the Control of Dogs (Amendment Act), 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40730/25]

2231. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent announcement of a total allowable catch of pollack for 2026 and the division between recreational and commercial, if there are plans for the establishment of an angling catch limit on pollack; if any consultation on such limit has taken place with angling and charter skippers representative groups to establish the impacts of this on their businesses and coastal communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43713/25]

2716. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the reason the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 has been referenced as the legislative framework that will ban HHC, and the reason the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 is not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41666/25]

2717. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to outline the legislative action that will address other semi-synthetic cannabinoids being sold in Ireland; when such action will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41667/25]

3160. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health her proposals for the provision of a health educational programme for transition year students that specifically identifies the risks associated with drinking any amount of alcohol in the 64 days prior to conception; and for drinking any amount of alcohol at any time during pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43598/25]

3161. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of NAS paramedics per 100,000 nationally by health region; the number of critical care ambulances and rapid response vehicles per health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43599/25]

3162. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the shortage of dentists that will accept medical card holders in County Clare given there are only five DTSS contracted dental practitioners in the county and none of whom have capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43600/25]

3163. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders currently waiting for dental appointments in County Clare, broken down by age and waiting time, for end of June 2024 and end of June 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43601/25]

3164. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the details of all dental treatments available for medical card holders under the DTTS; the details of the fees paid to practitioners for each item; when these fees were agreed; the steps her Department is taking to ensure these fees are in line with the significant increase in costs of operating a dental practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43602/25]

3165. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of the perinatal mental health team in County Limerick; the current levels of demand for the service; her plans to expand and improve the service; the plans she has to provide support and training to GPs to bridge the care gap until such improvements are in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43605/25]

113. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, following the recent newspaper editorial (details supplied) that claimed "almost all primary schools, for example, had to employ unqualified individuals without teaching qualifications as substitutes in the past year", her Department will recognise early childhood care and education graduates as being a viable workforce for the junior classes of primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39995/25]

272. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of WTEs in the National Ambulance Service (NAS), per grade codes, by HSE region, from 2020 to 2025; and to provide the level of activity year-on-year delivered by the NAS for the same period, by HSE region, in tabular form. [39994/25]