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]
97. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider issuing a ministerial directive to Uisce Éireann to support the delivery of stand-alone, modular or temporary wastewater treatment systems for residential developments in settlements where such treatment systems, or capacity, are determined to be non-existent. [19559/25]
367. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 29 April 2025, the reasons a company (details supplied) only assumed full 24-hour cover from Shannon almost five months after commencing operations; if he will review the procurement process to determine the way the helicopter emergency medical support service was not provided for from the outset resulting in a gap in…
388. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the additional public transport buses the National Transport Authority intends on having picking up and dropping off customers at Shannon Airport. [23659/25]
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496. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW plans to refurbish the Garda Immigration Unit at Shannon Airport this year. [23660/25]
766. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed report on progress under the measure A8, Waste Water Collection and Treatment Needs for Villages and Settlements without access to Public Waste Water Services; the names of all settlements that have been approved under this measure, and that have progressed to site identification, to design phase, to planning st…
788. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to amend the fuel allowance eligibility criteria for recipients over 66 years in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23220/25]
874. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda Immigration Bureau based at Shannon Airport as of 2 May 2025. [23665/25]
875. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to Clare-Tipperary divisional drugs unit as of 2 May 2025. [23666/25]
966. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists based at East Clare Children's Disability Network Team in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [23657/25]
967. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians based at West Clare Children's Disability Network Team in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [23658/25]
1088. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [23661/25]
1089. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the projects in County Clare that are included in the HSE Capital Plan 2025; the funding allocated to each in this plan; and the timeframe for progress of each project, in tabular form. [23662/25]
1090. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for psychology services in primary care within CHO 3. [23663/25]
1091. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE lactation consultants based within community care settings of CHO 3 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [23664/25]
96. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will consider the development of a standalone code of best practise for coastal pathways and a coastal pathway sustainability payment, similar to the 'Code of Best Practice for National and Regional Greenways' and the 'Greenway Sustainability Payment' currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
111. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the total amount collected by the State from excise duty, carbon tax, VAT, and the NORA levy on the sale of liquid fuel products (petrol, diesel, and home heating oil) for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the percentage of overall exchequer revenue accounted for by receipts from excise duty, carbon tax, VAT, and the NORA levy on these liquid f…
200. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, following her recent statements in relation newly qualified teachers being fast tracked to permanency after a one year period, she will clarify whether the same rights will be afforded to teachers who have been in temporary or substitute contracts for a number years and are still awaiting permanency; if teachers who were previously permanent but re…
259. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties in each county that have been completed under the vacant and derelict homes grants; the number of properties in each county that have been supported by these grants that are now registered with the RTB, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22397/25]