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Joe Cooney

Fine Gael Clare TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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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 17 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
367. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacant WTE staff currently at the Health and Safety Authority, by job title; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [32600/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
368. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline all capital investment made by the IDA in County Clare since 2022, in tabular form. [32601/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Culture
485. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the percentage of Exchequer funding that was provided to each State agency under the remit of his Department in 2024 for its capital and current funding, in tabular form. [32607/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Culture
486. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he expects to fill the post of Chairperson for the National Concert Hall. [32608/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Justice
638. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a breakdown of the age profile of the Garda vehicle fleet within the Clare-Tipperary division. [32609/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
896. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will run an international recruitment campaign to recruit a suitably qualified senior dental surgeon, with a special interest in special needs, for the CHO3 area. [32603/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
897. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of applications that were received for ceiling hoists within CHO3 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [32604/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Transport
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
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 avai…
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 May 2025 · to Finance
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, …
Joe Cooney Written 29 May 2025 · to Education
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 May 2025 · to Justice
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 May 2025 · to Justice
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 May 2025 · to Justice
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]