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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 7 May 2025 · to Health
439. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the plans her Department and the HSE have with regard to the future delivery of day care services from Regina House in Kilrush; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22169/25]
Joe Cooney Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
440. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the status of progress of the primary care centre in Sixmilebridge; if tenders for construction have been published; if those tenders have been assessed and a preferred contractor identified; the date for commencement of construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22170/25]
Joe Cooney Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
441. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in county Clare in 2022, 2023, 2024; broken down by HSE provided, HSE funded under sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004, and privately provided, in tabular form.’ [22171/25]
Joe Cooney Written 1 May 2025 · to Social
94. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have applied for the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit since its introduction, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21744/25]
Joe Cooney Written 1 May 2025 · to Social
102. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have qualified for the full amount of the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit; the proportion of the total number of recipients this is, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21745/25]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
124. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress at increasing respite provision to include weekends and overnights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20436/25]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
134. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the work at increasing capacity in respite services to meet known unmet need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20437/25]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Transport
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 mat…
Joe Cooney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Transport
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
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]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
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. [189…
Joe Cooney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
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…
Joe Cooney Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Transport
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. …
Joe Cooney Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Housing
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]
Joe Cooney Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Social
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]
Joe Cooney Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Agriculture
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]
Joe Cooney Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
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…
Joe Cooney Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
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]
Joe Cooney Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Taoiseach
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]
Joe Cooney Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Joe Cooney Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Transport
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]
Joe Cooney Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Transport
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]
Joe Cooney Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Transport
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]
Joe Cooney Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Transport
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]