208. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the reason there is no obligation on the providers of electric vehicle charging points to advertise the cost per unit of electricity in the same way as fossil fuels are required to advertise the price per litre to customers in advance of their purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10300/25]
Joe Cooney
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6 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
249. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will review the recommendations contained within Circular 05/2015 regarding the day subsistence allowance, and, in light of the nature of the work involved, consider exempting emergency personnel of the National Ambulance Service from the requirement to be further than eight km away from their base ov…
270. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education the number of pupils enrolled in junior infants in existing primary schools in County Clare in tabular form for the school years 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10296/25]
271. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the introduction of a basic cookery skills program at national school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10297/25]
397. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of x-ray, CT and MRI scanners in situ at University Hospital Limerick; the number of scanners not currently in working order, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10291/25]
398. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health for an employment report, to include the following categories: medical and dental, nursing and midwifery, health and social care professionals, management and administrative, general support, and patient and client care for the National Ambulance Service Mid-West, for the years 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [10292/25]
399. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the current status and any progress on the development of a new ambulance base in Kilrush, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10293/25]
400. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled at Ennis Hospital during each month of 2024 and to date in January 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown of the surgical procedures cancelled. [10294/25]
401. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs per thousand of population, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10295/25]
369. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 250 additional special needs assistant posts. [9181/25]
563. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title from his Department that are based at Shannon Airport as of 20 February 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 20 February 2022, in tabular form. [9182/25]
607. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide an occupational therapist service for those with mild intellectual disability in County Clare. [9180/25]
664. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 19 February 2025, if she will provide details of the retail impact assessment and small- and medium-sized enterprises test carried out as part of her Department’s consideration of the measures being introduced via the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023; if she will provide the resear…
665. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 18 years-of-age currently on the waiting list for an audiometry test in CHO3. [9183/25]
666. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the budgetary allocation to CAMHS psychology in CHO3 in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [9184/25]
118. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the progress of the proposed sewerage schemes for Broadford and Cooraclare, County Clare; when the schemes will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6535/25]
150. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been redeployed or retired from the Clare-Tipperary Garda division during 2023 and 2024 with a breakdown for counties Clare and Tipperary; and the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have been assigned to the Clare-Tipperary Garda Division for duty during the same periods with a breakdown for counties Cla…
215. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if her Department will be introducing of a proposed licensing fee for retailers to sell tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products from 2 February 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6537/25]
216. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of closed beds at HSE community hospitals in County Clare, by bed type and hospital location in January 2024 and January 2025, in tabular form. [6538/25]
217. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of beds closed at HSE community hospitals in Raheen and Ennistymon, County Clare; to outline the reason for their ongoing closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6539/25]
218. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that were lost to the HSE Community Hospitals at Raheen and Ennistymon, County Clare, during 2024 due to the HSEs pay and numbers strategy. [6541/25]
204. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the operational staffing levels for each coastguard station in Ireland; the vacancies for each role in each of those stations at end of January 2024 and January 2025; the operational parameters, including limitations, for each station; their current operational status, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5…
205. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will increase the funding available to local authorities for investment under the 2025 community involvement scheme and the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5678/25]
206. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will increase the funding available to local authorities for investment in regional and local roads under the 2025 regional and local road allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5679/25]
207. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers carried by Iarnród Éireann on the Ennis-Limerick-Ennis and Ennis-Galway-Ennis services during 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5680/25]