Joe Cooney

898. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses based in each primary care centre and health centre within county Clare in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [32605/25]

899. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the training provided to haemodialysis patients to carry out their own haemodialysis at home; whether self-administered homecare is best international practice. [32606/25]

365. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications received under the light duty vehicle initiative operated by zero emission vehicles and delivered by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30417/25]

755. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the proposed amendments to the current enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29220/25]

756. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes will be set before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29221/25]

757. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the full legislative process on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29222/25]

758. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, given the current enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme and proposed amendment, homeowners/applicants who may have missed the appeal timeline and have not yet commenced works have the option of withdrawing their application; and making a re-application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29223/25]

759. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage , if he will confirm that the ongoing National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) review and its findings of the IS465 standard relating to deleterious materials will form part of the proposed amendment to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022; if so, the mechanisms that will be available to homeowners/applicants who have received their remedial option grants to undertake additional works that may be required from the findings of the NSAI review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29224/25]

760. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals awaiting decision under the current enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; the length of time taken for appeals to be decided to date, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29225/25]

761. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, given the length of time the appeals process is taking, a homeowner/applicant who has made an appeal under the current enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme can progress with works while that appeal is underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29226/25]

762. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to put in place a defective concrete blocks grant scheme for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29227/25]

1375. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at the Mater University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, St. James’s Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hospital, University Hospital Galway, Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Waterford, in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [29431/25]

1419. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if projects (details supplied) in University Hospital Limerick, as outlined in the HSE Capital Plan 2025, will be completed and fully operational in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29596/25]

48. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the revenue districts responsible for oversight of the Shannon estuary area, by quarter and by vessel, from 1 January 2024 to date; the number of days each Revenue maritime unit patrol vessel did not put to sea due to crewing or operational constraints; the number of hours and days of logged sea time, by month and by vessel, for the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26202/25]

345. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 20 May 2025, if she will outline when the outcomes of the now completed review into the upper age limit of drivers, as it relates to larger vehicles-school buses, will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28486/25]

456. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice if his Department still retain the six-month business target for processing join family visas where the sponsoring family member is an Irish citizen, as outlined in the policy document on family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28487/25]

457. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the Join Family visa application by a person (details supplied) as the six-month target has been exceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28488/25]

458. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice the average and median time for a join family visa to be processed where a non-EU citizen is joining their Irish citizen spouse for each visa office, Dublin, Abuja, Beijing, London, Moscow, Ankara, Abu Dhabi and New Delhi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28489/25]

727. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider providing funding for the local improvement scheme on a multi annual basis, to ensure local authorities who administer the scheme can deliver them in a more efficient and cost-effective manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28490/25]

71. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he will announce the next tranche of funding under the local improvement scheme; if he will increase the €40 million allocation provided nationwide in 2024; if he will increase the amount of funding provided to County Clare in order to address the very significant backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25827/25]

126. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the tuna CHART programme in 2024; the status of the socioeconomic survey from the authorised charter trips, and if there are plans within his Department to introduce a more widespread recreational catch and release bluefin tuna sport fishery. [25106/25]

151. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the outcome of the stakeholder meeting on TB which he arranged for earlier in May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25104/25]

486. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to give public sector status for all secretaries and caretakers working in schools, to be given access to the same rights, the same certainty of a pension on retirement and salaries as the teachers and SNAs that they work alongside; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25844/25]

487. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline, given the recognised shortage of school bus drivers, if she has any plans to extend the retirement age for school bus drivers past the age of 70; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25845/25]

562. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the context of the significant impacts of Storm Éowyn, he will consider financially supporting group water schemes for the provision of generators, to ensure the resilience in the water supply for the members of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25846/25]