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Joe Cooney

Fine Gael Clare TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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555
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
13,177
words spoken in the chamber
Across 90 contributions
440
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
197
topics asked about
Across 19 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 555 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 90 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 15 2
March 2025 15 0
April 2025 45 0
May 2025 35 6
June 2025 40 8
July 2025 48 4
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 56 0
October 2025 21 1
November 2025 29 4
December 2025 30 6
January 2026 14 0
February 2026 19 4
March 2026 22 13
April 2026 31 0
May 2026 21 16
June 2026 29 10
July 2026 53 4
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 22 4
October 2026 10 8

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 88 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Clare 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
Joe Cooney Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
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 w…
Joe Cooney Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
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…
Joe Cooney Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
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]
Joe Cooney Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Culture
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
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 (Amendm…
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
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 im…
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
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]