154. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken any assessment of the legislative changes required to support meaningful enforcement of principal primary residence use in Gaeltacht areas. [37975/26]
218. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans, or ongoing cross Departmental works, his Department is engaged in to reduce second-home saturation, protect year-round local occupancy, and sustain Irish-language community viability without relying on in-home inspections in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37974/26]
14. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Garda resources that have been allocated to County Clare in respect of major events scheduled for 2026, including a tournament (details supplied); whether the staffing required for such events is being drawn from within the existing Clare-Tipperary division complement or from other divisions; the steps being taken to ensure that high…
38. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current strength of An Garda Síochána in the Clare-Tipperary division, by each county, in whole numbers and as a percentage of the national figure; the total number of probationer gardaí allocated to stations in County Clare since January 2025, as a whole number and as a percentage of the total; the plans to increase Garda numbers in…
87. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current herd incidence rate of bovine tuberculosis, TB, in County Clare; the steps being taken to support Clare farmers who have suffered financial losses due to TB reactor removals; whether the on-farm market valuation ceiling of €3,000 for non-pedigree cattle will be reviewed in light of the significant gap between that ceiling and th…
140. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including fishery harbour, forestry, agrifood and other infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of his Department, and bodies under its aegis, which have been completed in County Clare for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
442. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether an issue of 'unjust enrichment' occurs where a vulture fund gets more than a reasonable return on its investment in the context of a property repossession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35292/26]
25. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of the two outstanding Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund applications submitted by Clare County Council in 2024 in respect of clubs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33117/26]
29. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of the National Broadband Plan rollout in County Clare, with particular reference to the remaining premises in rural and coastal areas that were identified as on track for connection in the second half of 2026; the steps being taken to ensure those premises are connected within that timeline; whether any risk of delay ha…
120. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Defence whether the Shannon Estuary and County Clare will be included for consideration as a potential location for the proposed new Naval Service base on the west coast of Ireland, as referenced in the National Maritime Security Strategy 2026–2030; the criteria are being applied as part of the site selection process for this base; and if she will make a statement on the …
194. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on the recent activities of the Irish Embassy based in Riyadh including staffing levels. [31728/26]
195. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE staff, by job title currently working in each Irish Embassy and Consulate General offices worldwide, in tabular form. [31729/26]
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273. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if each ticketed entry heritage site under the remit of OPW have at least one defibrillator available on site and all staff within the staff are fully trained in the use if this equipment. [31731/26]
318. 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. [31718/26]
390. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pet passports that his Department issued in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026, by month, in tabular form. [31730/26]
462. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographer and senior radiographer posts that have been filled at University Hospital Limerick as of 20 April 2026, in tabular form. [31732/26]
20. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure the stability of special needs assistant allocations in County Clare following the distress caused to schools, children and parents by the proposed NCSE review earlier in 2026; whether she will confirm that no school in Clare will face a reduction in SNA support for the 2026-2027 academic year; and if she will make a st…
77. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to address the precarious employment conditions facing newly qualified teachers; her views on the current contractual arrangements are contributing to the substitution crisis being experienced by schools in County Clare and nationally; the timeline for systemic reform of teacher employment pathways; and if she will make a stateme…
126. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for residential respite care for children and young people with disabilities in County Clare; and whether she will provide a breakdown of the current waiting list for respite services in the HSE Mid-West region, including the number of children waiting and average waiting times, by county, i…
147. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific measures that are being put in place in 2026 to ensure that the additional 10,000 respite nights announced in Budget 2026 are distributed equitably across all HSE health regions, including the Mid-West; the mechanisms that will be put in place to track delivery of those additional respite nights at a county level; and if she …
248. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures he plans to put in place to ensure the proposed savings and investment account scheme is accessible to low and middle-income households; whether an income threshold or contribution cap will be applied to prevent disproportionate benefit accruing to higher-income individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26599/26]
281. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline all discretionary measures his Department could take to reduce Government taxes on petrol, diesel and kerosene; and the maximum taxation reduction possible on these fuels under current legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26598/26]
497. 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28295/26]
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55. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the plans his Department has to introduce a ‘tell-us-once’ approach to public service delivery whereby citizens will not be required to submit the same personal information multiple times to different State bodies; the way in which any such approach will be fully compliant with recent findings fro…
185. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport whether he plans to seek a formal exemption for Irish short-term car rental operators from the proposed requirements of the European Commission’s Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulations in forthcoming negotiations; if he will confirm that mandatory zero-and low-emission fleet targets will not apply to the sector until a sufficiently reliable and nationwide electric…