Joe Cooney

478. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport to provide the details of all Active Travel applications submitted by Clare County Council, whether successful or not, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the details of the projects that received funding; the details of the prioritisation assessment policy for determining which projects were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20236/25]

479. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a timeline for an aviation contract transition (details supplied); If he will outline how the company will provide helicopter emergency medical support using helicopters that are not licensed to carry stretchers; how it will provide night-time search and rescue without a searchlight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20237/25]

565. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the exemption for CGT on the sale of shares from €1,270; the cost to the exchequer of such a change; if an evaluation of such a change can been made against the revenue return on the release of the equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18904/25]

801. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the provision of classes for dyslexia in Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary; to outline waiting lists for classes for dyslexia in Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18903/25]

2041. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of every dental service available to holders of medical cards through the dental services treatment scheme; the list of dentists that provide those services to medical card holders in County Clare; what obligations those dentists have with regard to providing all such services listed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18902/25]

2323. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 1 April 2025, to provide the following data for the Model 4 hospitals (The Mater University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital and University Hospital Waterford) for the 2024 calendar year, in tabular form: the number of patients presenting at the emergency department (ED); the number of those patients presenting at ED that were admitted for the year; the number of those leaving before treatment complete (LBTC) for the year; and the number of LBTCs that returned within 30 days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20235/25]

285. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider reviewing the code of best practice for national and regional greenways and the greenway sustainability payment, with a view to including coastal pathways; if he will consider the development of a standalone code of best practise for coastal pathways and a coastal pathway sustainability payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16660/25]

600. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has made on including 'meanwhile use' as an exempted development under the Planning and Development - Exempted Development Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/25]

662. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person whose employment is based around the school or academic year is excluded from the job seeker’s pay related benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16657/25]

753. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protections that are in place for wild animals, such as the zebras; if legislation is required in Ireland to buy, sell or keep them, or to import them into the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16659/25]

884. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health for a list of all dentists in Clare that undertake dental work for those in receipt of a medical card as part of the dental treatment service scheme; the process whereby a medical card holder who cannot get treatment from such a dentist can do so; the steps that can be taken by her Department to ensure those with a medical card who are entitled to dental treatments through the scheme get access to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16658/25]

897. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health when free HRT will be made available; if there are plans to refund those people who have paid for medicines since the beginning of the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16725/25]

209. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Taoiseach the unemployment figures for County Clare for 1 March 2024 and 1 March 2025; the unemployment figures for all of Ireland for the same dates; the measures his Department is taking to create jobs in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15605/25]

243. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to reaffirm Ireland’s opposition to the current Mercosur trade deal in accordance with the Programme for Government; to outline the details of engagement with EU partners in opposing the deal since December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15580/25]

308. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the status of the development of the proposed West Clare Railway Greenway between Kilrush to Kilkee (Section 1), Ennis to Ennistymon (Section 2), and Ennistymon to Miltown Malbay and Miltown Malbay to Moyasta (Section 3 and 4); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15583/25]

309. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will provide financial support to Shannon Airport Group to establish a route to Amsterdam under a Public Service Obligation. [15584/25]

310. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport to outline the average waiting times for each National Driver Licence Service centre in Ireland on 31 December 2023 and on 31 December 2024, in tabular form; and the measures that have been introduced to increase staffing levels and reduce waiting times across the State. [15585/25]

311. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the funding that has been allocated to the national roads in County Clare for the years 2019 to 2024, by road number and by the following categories, ‘Capital Investment – Protection and Renewal’ and ‘Current Maintenance - Protection and Renewal’, in tabular form. [15586/25]

348. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an overview of minor works, drainage maintenance and large capital projects being carried out under the OPW drainage and flood relief programme for County Clare in 2025. [15610/25]

358. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on efforts by his Department, in conjunction with Clare County Council, the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Clare County Council to secure new enterprise for the former Roche site in Clarecastle, County Clare. [15606/25]

359. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of foreign direct investment (FDI) jobs created in Clare, Galway, north Tipperary and Limerick in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the number of FDI jobs created and lost respectively in Clare, Galway, north Tipperary and Limerick in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15607/25]

360. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown of IDA Ireland visits to Clare, Galway, north Tipperary and Limerick in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [15608/25]

482. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of any submission or correspondence received by his Department 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; his views on the decision by the University of Limerick and Clare County Council to withdraw a joint planning application for the said development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15587/25]

483. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received and approved in County Clare under the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and the amount of financial assistance provided to applicants from County Clare under the scheme. [15588/25]

484. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes that have been or that will be built in County Clare from 2020 to 2025 under the local authority affordable purchase scheme, in tabular form; if he will provide a breakdown for each of the four municipal districts of Ennis, Killaloe, Shannon and West Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15589/25]