Joe Cooney

330. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether nicotine inhaling products (vapes) or nicotine pouches are affected by any of the provisions of the WHO FCTC Article 5.3; whether companies and individuals that do not have ties to the tobacco industry are entitled to seek to engage with members of the Oireachtas and with officials in Government Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27361/26]

331. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking in relation to the long delays in securing an appointment with the Civil Registration Offices being faced by couples who require a marriage of convenience interview across the country; her plans to create a single national portal that will amalgamate appointments across all civil registration offices in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27364/26]

980. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the Living Cities Initiative to include owner occupier new builds in rural areas with high levels of disadvantage or depopulation as defined by POBAL and the CSO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17558/26]

1398. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual costs of renting the land and prefab classrooms for a school (details supplied) for each of the years 1998 to 2025 inclusive; the cost of purchasing the land; the estimated construction cost for the delivery of a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25324/26]

1726. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider amending the planning legislation to remove the requirement for TII to have input into planning applications within the boundaries of settlements along national secondary routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/26]

1727. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated regulations for one-off housing will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/26]

3014. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of State-operated community nursing homes currently in operation, by county; the total number of long-term residential beds provided, by county; the projected demand for such beds nationally over the next ten, 20 and 30 years in light of demographic trends; the strategy in place to plan for an ageing population; and the way in which it is intended to ensure that existing and future accommodation capacity will align with anticipated demand, in tabular form. [25325/26]

3015. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the reason women in Ireland are not provided with their personal breast density information along with their mammogram results given that as many as 50% of cancers are missed on mammograms in women with dense breasts; her plans to include breast density information disclosure under the BreastCheck programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25328/26]

3145. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health her plans to standardise HSE funding for low vision aids across all CHOs to make access to this important support equitable for every resident of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26106/26]

836. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend paid paternity leave to eight weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22265/26]

992. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 945 of 3 March 2026, for an indicative timeline for when a decision on a case (details supplied) is expected; confirmation of what stage of the review process the application is currently at; whether any interim supports or exceptional access arrangements may be available for patients currently prescribed this treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22266/26]

5. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of contracts issued to hotels and-or guest houses to accommodate Ukrainian people, including the total number of beds, by county, at end of both February 2025 and February 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/26]

7. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the number of properties in receipt of the ARP, by county, at end of February 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/26]

138. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support farmers given the global impact of the war in Iran on fertilisers; his plans to increase our resilience against such events and to reduce the dependence on such oil-based products by the agricultural sector in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20870/26]

502. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of males and females, fluent in Irish, that applied for the most recent executive officer public appointment service recruitment campaign within the civil service and are currently on a panel. [18659/26]

779. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline when a school (details supplied) will be issued with approval to proceed to Stage 2a; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19415/26]

1267. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 4 February 2026, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda to answer this parliamentary question. [18663/26]

1268. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of the Garda roads policing motorcycle fleet that are 1250cc. [18664/26]

1729. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list to see a consultant ophthalmologist at University Hospital Limerick. [18660/26]

1730. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in cognitive behavioural therapy and advanced nurse practitioner in psychotherapy posts filled at Shannon community mental health team as of 27 February 2026, in tabular form. [18661/26]

1731. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthodontists currently working within Clare dental services, in tabular form. [18662/26]

1762. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health given the recognised ‘risk to patient safety’ identified in the recent HIQA report into urgent and emergency healthcare services in the Mid-West, if she will submit the extension of the UHL campus, option B, as a project for delivery under the Critical Infrastructure Bill once it is enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18779/26]

2238. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to visit the East Coast of the United States during Quarter 2 in 2026. [18657/26]

2239. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of WTE qualified architects employed by his Department as of 27 February 2026, in tabular form. [18658/26]

32. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the date of the site acquisition for Option B at UHL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17546/26]